# Kulgachi Village, Lalgola, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Lalgola, Murshidabad 

# Kulgachi

Kulgachi is a village in Lalgola sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,279 people in 266 households**, the 53rd largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 64.3%.

- 1,279people (2011)
- 266households
- 45.0%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kulgachi

Of every 100 households in Kulgachi in 2011, 24 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kulgachi · ■ Lalgola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**33%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****48%**

**38%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**89%

Use banking services ****8%**

**25%

Television ****8%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****33%**

**38%

Own their home ****97%**

**97%

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 Kulgachi?

■ Kulgachi · ■ Lalgola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.0%**

**64.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****869**

**977

Working population ****36.7%**

**34.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.6% for men and 45.5% for women. 50% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 22 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (13%) · **■** Household industry 42 (9%) · **■** Other work 235 (50%) · **■** Marginal 108 (23%)

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 Lalgola

- Kaliagachhi1,633 people
- Paranpur1,562 people
- Fatepur1,547 people
- Jagannathpur1,418 people
- Kajla1,261 people
- Gaukhana1,172 people
- Chak Dihiganespur1,159 people
- Namoorahar1,143 people

[All 94 villages in Lalgola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/lalgola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kulgachi?1,279 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kulgachi in?Murshidabad district (Lalgola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kulgachi?45.0% (Census 2011)