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

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Uttar Bhotbari

Uttar Bhotbari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,664 people in 2,290 households**, the 2nd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 9,664people (2011)
- 2,290households
- 68.4%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Bhotbari

Of every 100 households in Uttar Bhotbari in 2011, 18 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Bhotbari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**74%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****81%**

**69%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****21%**

**36%

Television ****13%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**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 Uttar Bhotbari?

■ Uttar Bhotbari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.4%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**930

Working population ****39.3%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.6% for men and 61.8% for women. 56% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1,098 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 593 (16%) · **■** Household industry 57 (2%) · **■** Other work 713 (19%) · **■** Marginal 1,339 (35%)

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

- Uchal Pukhari12,858 people
- Kamat Chandrabandha6,979 people
- Purbba Dhulia Baidiahati6,024 people
- Soulmari5,418 people
- Upanchauki Kuchlibari3,936 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Bhotbari?9,664 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Bhotbari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Bhotbari?68.4% (Census 2011)