# Silkhuri Pratham Khanda Village, Cooch Behar - I – Population

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Village · Cooch Behar - I, Koch Bihar 

# Silkhuri Pratham Khanda

Silkhuri Pratham Khanda is a village in Cooch Behar - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,019 people in 244 households**, the 93rd largest of 142 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.4%.

- 1,019people (2011)
- 244households
- 70.8%literacy
- 998females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Silkhuri Pratham Khanda

Of every 100 households in Silkhuri Pratham Khanda in 2011, 9 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Silkhuri Pratham Khanda · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**47%

Tap water ****100%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****97%**

**83%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****10%**

**40%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Silkhuri Pratham Khanda?

■ Silkhuri Pratham Khanda · ■ Cooch Behar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**75.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****998**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**942

Working population ****42.6%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.2% for men and 64.4% for women. 59% of men and 26% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 113 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (33%) · **■** Other work 110 (25%) · **■** Marginal 66 (15%)

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

- Gokuler Kuthi1,071 people
- Bara Balasi1,058 people
- Chhat Gokuler Kuthi1,049 people
- Panthabari1,032 people
- Elejanerkuthi984 people
- Bhojanpur959 people
- Brahmatara Salbari942 people
- Barapak867 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 Silkhuri Pratham Khanda?1,019 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Silkhuri Pratham Khanda in?Koch Bihar district (Cooch Behar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Silkhuri Pratham Khanda?70.8% (Census 2011)