# Bara Maricha Village, Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar 

# Bara Maricha

Bara Maricha is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,797 people in 420 households**, the 33rd largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,797people (2011)
- 420households
- 71.8%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Maricha

Of every 100 households in Bara Maricha in 2011, 10 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Bara Maricha · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**53%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****93%**

**85%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****94%**

**33%

Television ****7%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**30%

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 Bara Maricha?

■ Bara Maricha · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**964

Working population ****39.2%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 66.7% for women. 53% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 270 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (27%) · **■** Other work 59 (8%) · **■** Marginal 189 (27%)

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 Sitalkuchi

- Chhota Gadaikhora2,138 people
- Kharija Dhaperchatra2,061 people
- Chhota Pinjarirjhar1,960 people
- Putia Bara Masia1,878 people
- Nagar Singimari1,759 people
- Bara Madhusudan1,757 people
- Gangadhar1,701 people
- Amtala1,677 people

[All 70 villages in Sitalkuchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/sitalkuchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Maricha?1,797 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Maricha in?Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Maricha?71.8% (Census 2011)