# Uchahar Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Uchahar

Uchahar is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,338 people in 456 households**, the 14th largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 2,338people (2011)
- 456households
- 75.9%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchahar

Of every 100 households in Uchahar in 2011, 46 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uchahar · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**69%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**10%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****90%**

**58%

Television ****16%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Uchahar?

■ Uchahar · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****993**

**960

Working population ****26.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.3% for men and 69.0% for women. 47% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 138 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (8%) · **■** Household industry 40 (6%) · **■** Other work 99 (16%) · **■** Marginal 295 (47%)

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 Keshpur

- Panchami2,499 people
- Dalang2,440 people
- Kanashol2,355 people
- Ichhai Pur2,352 people
- Manjuria2,309 people
- Shankhapur2,243 people
- Doge Chhya2,193 people
- Tal Kunai2,131 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uchahar?2,338 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchahar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uchahar?75.9% (Census 2011)