Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar
# Gachhtala

Gachhtala is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,316 people in 288 households, the 45th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.
- 1,316 people (2011)
- 288 households
- 78.4% literacy
- 976 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gachhtala

Of every 100 households in Gachhtala in 2011, 27 had electricity, 75 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gachhtala · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average
- Electricity for lighting 27% 21%
- Toilet within the home 75% 45%
- No toilet (open defecation) 20% 53%
- Tap water 3% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 75% 85%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 10% 33%
- Television 5% 10%
- Mobile phone 38% 31%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 27% 30%
- Own their home 99% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gachhtala?

■ Gachhtala · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 78.4% 70.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 976 966
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1444 964
- Working population 37.3% 39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 71.4% for women. 61% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 253 (52%) · ■ Farm labourers 60 (12%) · ■ Other work 34 (7%) · ■ Marginal 144 (29%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sitalkuchi
- Dewanerkot Jayduar 1,506 people
- Atiabarinepra 1,447 people
- Kurshamari Dwitia Khanda 1,406 people
- Mirapara 1,330 people
- Sangarbari 1,227 people
- Maghpala 1,087 people
- Madhyam Madhusudan 1,054 people
- Nagar Sobhaganj 1,035 people

All 70 villages in Sitalkuchi

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Gachhtala? 1,316 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gachhtala in? Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gachhtala? 78.4% (Census 2011)

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