# Kuchia Village, Phansidewa, Darjiling (West Bengal)

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Village · Phansidewa, Darjiling 

# Kuchia

Kuchia is a village in Phansidewa sub-district of Darjiling district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,360 people in 282 households**, the 49th largest of 103 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.5%.

- 1,360people (2011)
- 282households
- 73.2%literacy
- 1,064females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuchia

Of every 100 households in Kuchia in 2011, 40 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kuchia · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**53%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**88%

Use banking services ****23%**

**32%

Television ****30%**

**34%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****9%**

**20%

Own their home ****96%**

**82%

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 Kuchia?

■ Kuchia · ■ Phansidewa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.2%**

**64.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1064**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1190**

**972

Working population ****34.2%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.7% for men and 63.3% for women. 51% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 135 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (9%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 204 (44%) · **■** Marginal 80 (17%)

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 Phansidewa

- Hatiram1,421 people
- Tarbandha1,415 people
- Farabari1,405 people
- Ambari1,371 people
- Paschim Banshgaon1,313 people
- Fulbar1,279 people
- Lachubhita1,260 people
- Kadmi1,256 people

[All 113 villages in Phansidewa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/darjiling/phansidewa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuchia?1,360 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuchia in?Darjiling district (Phansidewa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuchia?73.2% (Census 2011)