# Uttar Hemkumari, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Uttar Hemkumari

Uttar Hemkumari is a village in [Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/) sub-district of [Koch Bihar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **934 people in 205 households**, the 46th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 934people (2011)
- 205households
- 77.0%literacy
- 879females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Hemkumari

Of every 100 households in Uttar Hemkumari in 2011, 2 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 83 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Hemkumari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****72%**

**69%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****92%**

**36%

Television ****9%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****83%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**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 Hemkumari?

■ Uttar Hemkumari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.0%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****879**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**930

Working population ****61.1%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 68.8% for women. 63% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 282 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (23%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 128 (22%)

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

- Madhya Panisala981 people
- Kharija Gopalpur979 people
- Purbba Upanchauki Kuchlibari972 people
- Paschim Gopalpur970 people
- Kamat Panisala921 people
- Andaran Kuchlibari915 people
- Panisala Prathami Khanda902 people
- Purbba Fulkardabri891 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Hemkumari?934 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Hemkumari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Hemkumari?77.0% (Census 2011)