# Uchal Pukhari Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Uchal Pukhari

Uchal Pukhari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,858 people in 3,140 households**, the 1st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 12,858people (2011)
- 3,140households
- 72.6%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchal Pukhari

Of every 100 households in Uchal Pukhari in 2011, 12 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uchal Pukhari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**74%

Tap water ****9%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****30%**

**36%

Television ****7%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**38%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.6%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**930

Working population ****46.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 64.3% for women. 58% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 2,336 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,220 (21%) · **■** Household industry 70 (1%) · **■** Other work 520 (9%) · **■** Marginal 1,789 (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

- Uttar Bhotbari9,664 people
- Kamat Chandrabandha6,979 people
- Purbba Dhulia Baidiahati6,024 people
- Soulmari5,418 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uchal Pukhari?12,858 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchal Pukhari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uchal Pukhari?72.6% (Census 2011)