# Kachua Village, Barasat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kachua

Kachua is a village in Barasat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **704 people in 126 households**, the 68th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 704people (2011)
- 126households
- 88.7%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kachua

Of every 100 households in Kachua in 2011, 100 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kachua · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****100%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**16%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**91%

Use banking services ****74%**

**40%

Television ****64%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Kachua?

■ Kachua · ■ Barasat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.7%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1212**

**952

Working population ****35.7%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.4% for men and 80.8% for women. 62% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 125 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 84 (33%) · **■** Other work 39 (16%) · **■** Marginal 3 (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 Barasat - II

- Kharigachhi Chaturbhujpur857 people
- Bilasi852 people
- Ramagachhi852 people
- Ghoradaria746 people
- Barpol609 people
- Simulgachhi531 people
- Singhapara517 people
- Chakshason507 people

[All 77 villages in Barasat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kachua?704 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachua in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kachua?88.7% (Census 2011)