# Patchhara Village, Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Patchhara

Patchhara is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **10,074 people in 2,386 households**, the 2nd largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 10,074people (2011)
- 2,386households
- 71.2%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Patchhara

Of every 100 households in Patchhara in 2011, 6 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Patchhara · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**83%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****14%**

**40%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**36%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Patchhara?

■ Patchhara · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.2%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**942

Working population ****50.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 63.2% for women. 61% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,704 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,104 (22%) · **■** Household industry 13 (0%) · **■** Other work 376 (7%) · **■** Marginal 1,899 (37%)

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 Cooch Behar - I

- Ghughumari13,764 people
- Nawabganj Balasi10,004 people
- Panisala8,332 people
- Dudher Kuthidewanbas7,758 people
- Chandamari7,678 people

[All 143 villages in Cooch Behar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/cooch-behar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Patchhara?10,074 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Patchhara in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Patchhara?71.2% (Census 2011)