# Garkhola Village, Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar 

# Garkhola

Garkhola is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **502 people in 116 households**, the 58th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 502people (2011)
- 116households
- 80.6%literacy
- 866females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garkhola

Of every 100 households in Garkhola in 2011, 44 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garkhola · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****52%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**53%

Tap water ****26%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**85%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****74%**

**33%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**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 Garkhola?

■ Garkhola · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.6%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****866**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1150**

**964

Working population ****30.9%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 65.2% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 140 (90%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (6%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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

- Lalbazar Dwitia Khanda812 people
- Rajaram Joyduar797 people
- Chhota Khalisamari681 people
- Bara Gharia677 people
- Chhat Lalbazar492 people
- Chhota Kaimari366 people
- Atharakotha357 people
- Bara Bengdaki347 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garkhola?502 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garkhola in?Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garkhola?80.6% (Census 2011)