# Kala Gechhya Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Kala Gechhya

Kala Gechhya is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,584 people in 548 households**, the 37th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 2,584people (2011)
- 548households
- 82.3%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kala Gechhya

Of every 100 households in Kala Gechhya in 2011, 57 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kala Gechhya · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**19%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**90%

Use banking services ****65%**

**44%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**17%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kala Gechhya?

■ Kala Gechhya · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****893**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****756**

**942

Working population ****33.6%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 74.9% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (9%) · **■** Household industry 27 (3%) · **■** Other work 374 (43%) · **■** Marginal 336 (39%)

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 Kolaghat

- Pyarit2,760 people
- Jhakurkol2,721 people
- Manua2,601 people
- Gurchakil2,599 people
- Chapda2,494 people
- Dakshin Sagarbar2,444 people
- Jugiber2,397 people
- Dakshin Jinanda2,371 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kala Gechhya?2,584 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kala Gechhya in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kala Gechhya?82.3% (Census 2011)