# Uchal Pukhari Village, Mathabhanga - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mathabhanga - I, Koch Bihar 

# Uchal Pukhari

Uchal Pukhari is a village in Mathabhanga - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **603 people in 149 households**, the 81st largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.5%.

- 603people (2011)
- 149households
- 77.4%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchal Pukhari

Of every 100 households in Uchal Pukhari in 2011, 1 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uchal Pukhari · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**15%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**41%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**57%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**78%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****78%**

**31%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****23%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Uchal Pukhari?

■ Uchal Pukhari · ■ Mathabhanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.4%**

**71.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1290**

**946

Working population ****58.0%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 68.6% for women. 63% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (42%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 11 (3%) · **■** Marginal 125 (36%)

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 Mathabhanga - I

- Paschim Giladanga703 people
- Uttar Kharija Gopalpur665 people
- Paschim Jamirdanga635 people
- Kharija Kesharibari612 people
- Bengaldai559 people
- Nagar Mathabhanga480 people
- Gopalpur463 people
- Kharija Ratanpur433 people

[All 102 villages in Mathabhanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mathabhanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uchal Pukhari?603 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchal Pukhari in?Koch Bihar district (Mathabhanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uchal Pukhari?77.4% (Census 2011)