# Kachara Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kachara

Kachara is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,214 people in 283 households**, the 51st largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,214people (2011)
- 283households
- 53.9%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kachara

Of every 100 households in Kachara in 2011, 15 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kachara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****23%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Kachara?

■ Kachara · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.9%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1162**

**955

Working population ****54.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 42.7% for women. 63% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 189 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (9%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 39 (6%) · **■** Marginal 379 (57%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Kushmundi

- Shabdalpur1,227 people
- Sekendarpur1,223 people
- Dhakdhol1,219 people
- Mangalpur1,218 people
- Baragachhi1,200 people
- Bateshwar1,200 people
- Aminpur1,199 people
- Kandaha1,194 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kachara?1,214 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachara in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kachara?53.9% (Census 2011)