# Kakgechhya Village, Tamluk, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tamluk, Purba Medinipur 

# Kakgechhya

Kakgechhya is a village in Tamluk sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,909 people in 404 households**, the 46th largest of 99 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.9%.

- 1,909people (2011)
- 404households
- 82.4%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kakgechhya

Of every 100 households in Kakgechhya in 2011, 62 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Kakgechhya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**20%

Tap water ****7%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****86%**

**91%

Use banking services ****49%**

**45%

Television ****30%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**20%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Kakgechhya?

■ Kakgechhya · ■ Tamluk rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.4%**

**86.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**972

Working population ****36.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.7% for men and 75.5% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 71 (10%) · **■** Household industry 28 (4%) · **■** Other work 274 (40%) · **■** Marginal 268 (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 Tamluk

- Gaurangapur2,004 people
- Rasikpur1,981 people
- Amgechhya1,928 people
- Shalikadhanichak1,919 people
- Payarchali1,903 people
- Uttar Sautanchak1,873 people
- Ranichak1,871 people
- Srikanthakalaganda1,859 people

[All 99 villages in Tamluk](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/tamluk/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kakgechhya?1,909 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kakgechhya in?Purba Medinipur district (Tamluk sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kakgechhya?82.4% (Census 2011)