# Gachha Village, Chapra, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chapra, Nadia 

# Gachha

Gachha is a village in Chapra sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,928 people in 435 households**, the 59th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 1,928people (2011)
- 435households
- 68.9%literacy
- 911females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gachha

Of every 100 households in Gachha in 2011, 8 had electricity, 52 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gachha · ■ Chapra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**25%

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

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**29%

Tap water ****59%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**60%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****89%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gachha?

■ Gachha · ■ Chapra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****911**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****883**

**964

Working population ****32.2%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 64.8% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 205 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 263 (42%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 86 (14%) · **■** Marginal 62 (10%)

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 Chapra

- Rajibpur2,090 people
- Goaldanga2,018 people
- Fulbari2,003 people
- Patia1,938 people
- Bhatchhala1,792 people
- Dudkhola1,673 people
- Kultala1,624 people
- Mathurapur1,577 people

[All 83 villages in Chapra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chapra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gachha?1,928 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gachha in?Nadia district (Chapra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gachha?68.9% (Census 2011)