# Loha Gachhi Village, Nakashipara, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Loha Gachhi

Loha Gachhi is a village in Nakashipara sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,477 people in 342 households**, the 77th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 1,477people (2011)
- 342households
- 55.8%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Loha Gachhi

Of every 100 households in Loha Gachhi in 2011, 36 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Loha Gachhi · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**42%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

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

**63%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****63%**

**92%

Use banking services ****43%**

**23%

Television ****18%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**39%

Own their home ****93%**

**96%

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 Loha Gachhi?

■ Loha Gachhi · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1030**

**968

Working population ****30.7%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.1% for men and 50.2% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 145 (32%) · **■** Household industry 23 (5%) · **■** Other work 219 (48%) · **■** Marginal 27 (6%)

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 Nakashipara

- Miraipur1,666 people
- Bagunda1,628 people
- Guurni1,547 people
- Sabaipur1,512 people
- Chak Ghurni1,455 people
- Senpur1,394 people
- Basudebpur1,319 people
- Adam Pota1,277 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Loha Gachhi?1,477 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Loha Gachhi in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Loha Gachhi?55.8% (Census 2011)