# Keuchia Village, Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Keuchia

Keuchia is a village in Khejuri - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,424 people in 263 households**, the 30th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 88.9%.

- 1,424people (2011)
- 263households
- 88.7%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Keuchia

Of every 100 households in Keuchia in 2011, 61 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Keuchia · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**27%

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

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**3%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**34%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**28%

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 Keuchia?

■ Keuchia · ■ Khejuri - I rural average

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

**88.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****836**

**925

Working population ****29.1%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.6% for men and 84.8% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 16 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (6%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 164 (40%) · **■** Marginal 205 (49%)

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 Khejuri - I

- Katari2,035 people
- Kharar Kharan1,641 people
- Dihierench1,553 people
- Bali Chak1,504 people
- Kalya Chak1,367 people
- Golabari1,224 people
- Thakur Chak982 people
- Debi Chak976 people

[All 42 villages in Khejuri - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Keuchia?1,424 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Keuchia in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Keuchia?88.7% (Census 2011)