# Purbba Uchal Pukhari Village, Mekliganj – Population

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Purbba Uchal Pukhari

Purbba Uchal Pukhari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **270 people in 64 households**, the 109th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 270people (2011)
- 64households
- 72.2%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Purbba Uchal Pukhari

Of every 100 households in Purbba Uchal Pukhari in 2011, 38 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Purbba Uchal Pukhari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****67%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**93%

Use banking services ****10%**

**36%

Television ****14%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**38%

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 Purbba Uchal Pukhari?

■ Purbba Uchal Pukhari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**930

Working population ****66.7%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 65.2% for women. 68% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 59 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (11%) · **■** Other work 11 (6%) · **■** Marginal 90 (50%)

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

- Uttar Nijtaraf280 people
- Lotamari273 people
- Purba Bajejama Kuchlibari272 people
- Buraburi Dewanabas270 people
- Andaran Bhotbari269 people
- Madhya Nijtaraf268 people
- Dakshin Dhulia Khalisa256 people
- Hat Dhar Dharia250 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Purbba Uchal Pukhari?270 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Purbba Uchal Pukhari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Purbba Uchal Pukhari?72.2% (Census 2011)