# Kachahatu Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Kachahatu

Kachahatu is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,057 people in 549 households**, the 7th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 3,057people (2011)
- 549households
- 49.4%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kachahatu

Of every 100 households in Kachahatu in 2011, 8 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kachahatu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****46%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**80%

Use banking services ****15%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****23%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kachahatu?

■ Kachahatu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.4%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1062**

**973

Working population ****48.6%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.4% for men and 31.5% for women. 54% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 175 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (3%) · **■** Household industry 203 (14%) · **■** Other work 76 (5%) · **■** Marginal 985 (66%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Belyadi4,217 people
- Chitmu3,893 people
- Bartalia3,586 people
- Uparbatari3,418 people
- Bamania2,785 people
- Buruhara Alias Majhidi2,753 people
- Murguma2,749 people
- Dimu2,471 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kachahatu?3,057 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachahatu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kachahatu?49.4% (Census 2011)