# Gachaimari Village, Kumargram, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumargram, Jalpaiguri 

# Gachaimari

Gachaimari is a village in Kumargram sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,036 people in 495 households**, the 41st largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.8%.

- 2,036people (2011)
- 495households
- 81.4%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gachaimari

Of every 100 households in Gachaimari in 2011, 9 had electricity, 34 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gachaimari · ■ Kumargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****34%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**58%

Tap water ****2%**

**22%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****21%**

**22%

Television ****6%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**29%

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 Gachaimari?

■ Gachaimari · ■ Kumargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.4%**

**69.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**947

Working population ****46.1%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.0% for men and 74.0% for women. 60% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (15%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 150 (16%) · **■** Marginal 541 (58%)

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 Kumargram

- Majher Dabri2,307 people
- Uttar Narathali2,213 people
- Jaydedpur2,149 people
- Radhanagar2,080 people
- Dakshin Haldibari1,950 people
- Chengmari1,658 people
- Dhumpara Forest1,439 people
- Bhalka Forest1,438 people

[All 53 villages in Kumargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/kumargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gachaimari?2,036 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gachaimari in?Jalpaiguri district (Kumargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gachaimari?81.4% (Census 2011)