# Uttar Uchal Pukhari Village, Mekliganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Uttar Uchal Pukhari

Uttar Uchal Pukhari is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **193 people in 50 households**, the 121st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 193people (2011)
- 50households
- 82.7%literacy
- 787females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Uchal Pukhari

Of every 100 households in Uttar Uchal Pukhari in 2011, 24 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Uchal Pukhari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**74%

Tap water ****8%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****20%**

**36%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**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 Uchal Pukhari?

■ Uttar Uchal Pukhari · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****787**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****824**

**930

Working population ****64.8%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.8% for men and 77.5% for women. 66% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 56 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (6%) · **■** Other work 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 60 (48%)

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

- Daribas203 people
- Dakshin Jamaldaha Balapukharia201 people
- Madhya Upanchauki Kuchlibari200 people
- Dakshin Dhulia Baldiahati193 people
- Chhota Kamat Changrabandha186 people
- Chhota Jamaldaha183 people
- Dakshin Bhotbari166 people
- Ratanpur157 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Uchal Pukhari?193 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Uchal Pukhari in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Uchal Pukhari?82.7% (Census 2011)