# Bara Thunkinjhar Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Bara Thunkinjhar

Bara Thunkinjhar is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,821 people in 436 households**, the 21st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,821people (2011)
- 436households
- 68.3%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Thunkinjhar

Of every 100 households in Bara Thunkinjhar in 2011, 9 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bara Thunkinjhar · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**74%

Tap water ****30%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**36%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**38%

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 Bara Thunkinjhar?

■ Bara Thunkinjhar · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1007**

**930

Working population ****56.1%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.4% for men and 60.3% for women. 64% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 309 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 351 (34%) · **■** Other work 57 (6%) · **■** Marginal 305 (30%)

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 Mekliganj

- Dora Dabri2,157 people
- Bajejama Kuchlibari2,073 people
- Fulkardabri Kasiabari2,041 people
- Mekliganj1,935 people
- Chhota Kuchlibari1,716 people
- Shikarpur1,643 people
- Nijtaraf1,618 people
- Brahmattar Kuchlibari1,595 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Thunkinjhar?1,821 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Thunkinjhar in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Thunkinjhar?68.3% (Census 2011)