# Mecheda Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Mecheda

Mecheda is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **673 people in 143 households**, the 89th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 673people (2011)
- 143households
- 84.6%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mecheda

Of every 100 households in Mecheda in 2011, 90 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mecheda · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****90%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**19%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**90%

Use banking services ****84%**

**44%

Television ****68%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mecheda?

■ Mecheda · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1345**

**942

Working population ****31.1%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 78.0% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 33 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (4%) · **■** Other work 146 (70%) · **■** Marginal 22 (11%)

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

- Sajnagachhya812 people
- Bishnubar802 people
- Gobardhanpur736 people
- Parulia728 people
- Kaya Ayama Chak663 people
- Padampur621 people
- Ram Nagar620 people
- Babua605 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mecheda?673 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mecheda in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mecheda?84.6% (Census 2011)