# Kachua Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kachua

Kachua is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **799 people in 208 households**, the 73rd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 799people (2011)
- 208households
- 92.8%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kachua

Of every 100 households in Kachua in 2011, 59 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 78 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kachua · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****54%**

**11%

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

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**91%

Use banking services ****100%**

**43%

Television ****36%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****78%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kachua?

■ Kachua · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.8%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**956

Working population ****48.3%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.6% for men and 88.7% for women. 68% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 8 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (4%) · **■** Household industry 17 (4%) · **■** Other work 113 (29%) · **■** Marginal 234 (61%)

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 Contai - I

- Bankaberya851 people
- Raghusardar Bar Jalpai824 people
- Rautara822 people
- Kaitalia821 people
- Badalpur790 people
- Nimdasbar790 people
- Purushottampur Puridasbar767 people
- Puan Bali Bar758 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kachua?799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachua in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kachua?92.8% (Census 2011)