# Gatikachua Village, Dinhata - II, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Dinhata - II, Koch Bihar 

# Gatikachua

Gatikachua is a village in Dinhata - II sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,025 people in 273 households**, the 78th largest of 119 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.3%.

- 1,025people (2011)
- 273households
- 78.0%literacy
- 952females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gatikachua

Of every 100 households in Gatikachua in 2011, 12 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gatikachua · ■ Dinhata - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**18%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**82%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****17%**

**50%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****62%**

**44%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Gatikachua?

■ Gatikachua · ■ Dinhata - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.0%**

**72.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****952**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1113**

**936

Working population ****36.3%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 70.5% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (39%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 86 (23%) · **■** Marginal 27 (7%)

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 Dinhata - II

- Gokulchanda1,143 people
- Kharija Dasagram1,137 people
- Hokadaha Dwitia Khanda1,072 people
- Bakshikhamar1,030 people
- Bilkalaighati876 people
- Kharija Kalaighati859 people
- Madhupur847 people
- Kharija Shakdal763 people

[All 119 villages in Dinhata - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/dinhata-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gatikachua?1,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gatikachua in?Koch Bihar district (Dinhata - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gatikachua?78.0% (Census 2011)