# Kaukepara Village, Deganga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Deganga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kaukepara

Kaukepara is a village in Deganga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,707 people in 1,988 households**, the 4th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.5%.

- 8,707people (2011)
- 1,988households
- 78.7%literacy
- 947females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kaukepara

Of every 100 households in Kaukepara in 2011, 56 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kaukepara · ■ Deganga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**43%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**8%

Tap water ****9%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**90%

Use banking services ****32%**

**42%

Television ****25%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**22%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Kaukepara?

■ Kaukepara · ■ Deganga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.7%**

**79.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****947**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****970**

**969

Working population ****34.5%**

**35.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 75.2% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 298 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 575 (19%) · **■** Household industry 87 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,529 (51%) · **■** Marginal 515 (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 Deganga

- Hadipur Chuprijhara9,971 people
- Uttar Kalsur9,051 people
- Chandpur8,780 people
- Alipur7,801 people
- Chyangdana7,188 people
- Dakshin Kalsur6,731 people
- Parpatna6,558 people

[All 107 villages in Deganga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/deganga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kaukepara?8,707 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kaukepara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Deganga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kaukepara?78.7% (Census 2011)