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

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Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar 

# Khengchi

Khengchi is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,383 people in 566 households**, the 27th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 2,383people (2011)
- 566households
- 72.7%literacy
- 999females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khengchi

Of every 100 households in Khengchi in 2011, 37 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khengchi · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****35%**

**53%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****95%**

**85%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****21%**

**33%

Television ****16%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khengchi?

■ Khengchi · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****999**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1264**

**964

Working population ****40.5%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 65.2% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 541 (56%) · **■** Farm labourers 166 (17%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 90 (9%) · **■** Marginal 166 (17%)

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

- Gadapota2,601 people
- Jatamari2,548 people
- Khasbas Khalisamari2,424 people
- Chhota Dhaperchatra2,385 people
- Nagar Nepra2,277 people
- Chhota Gadaikhora2,138 people
- Kharija Dhaperchatra2,061 people
- Chhota Pinjarirjhar1,960 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khengchi?2,383 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khengchi in?Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khengchi?72.7% (Census 2011)