# Uttar Alokjhari Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Uttar Alokjhari

Uttar Alokjhari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,109 people in 248 households**, the 34th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,109people (2011)
- 248households
- 72.2%literacy
- 1,005females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Alokjhari

Of every 100 households in Uttar Alokjhari in 2011, 64 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Uttar Alokjhari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**74%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**93%

Use banking services ****95%**

**36%

Television ****39%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Uttar Alokjhari?

■ Uttar Alokjhari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

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

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1005**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**930

Working population ****38.6%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.9% for men and 64.3% for women. 57% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (30%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 142 (33%) · **■** Marginal 70 (16%)

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 Dhulia Khalisa1,217 people
- Madhya Jamaldaha1,187 people
- Andaran Panisala1,144 people
- Fulkardabri Kharkharia1,122 people
- Paschim Nijtaraf1,093 people
- Panisala Dwitia Khanda1,078 people
- Dakshin Fulkardabri1,063 people
- Uttar Fulkar Dabri Bajejama1,049 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Alokjhari?1,109 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Alokjhari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Alokjhari?72.2% (Census 2011)