# Mandar Gachha Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Mandar Gachha

Mandar Gachha is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,204 people in 843 households**, the 11th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 4,204people (2011)
- 843households
- 77.6%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mandar Gachha

Of every 100 households in Mandar Gachha in 2011, 73 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mandar Gachha · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**19%

Tap water ****27%**

**4%

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

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**90%

Use banking services ****38%**

**44%

Television ****34%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Mandar Gachha?

■ Mandar Gachha · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**942

Working population ****33.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.8% for men and 70.8% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 165 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (8%) · **■** Household industry 115 (8%) · **■** Other work 624 (45%) · **■** Marginal 383 (27%)

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

- Arar5,618 people
- Gopal Nagar5,333 people
- Rain5,329 people
- Raksa Chak4,308 people
- Paramanandapur4,002 people
- Kishor Chak3,931 people
- Sulani3,746 people
- Bathan Berya3,689 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mandar Gachha?4,204 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mandar Gachha in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mandar Gachha?77.6% (Census 2011)