# Uchali Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Uchali

Uchali is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **657 people in 110 households**, the 77th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 657people (2011)
- 110households
- 76.7%literacy
- 893females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uchali

Of every 100 households in Uchali in 2011, 5 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 65 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uchali · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**92%

Tap water ****57%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**84%

Use banking services ****58%**

**44%

Television ****30%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****65%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Uchali?

■ Uchali · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.7%**

**64.6%

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

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****706**

**934

Working population ****40.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 63.5% for women. 43% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 73 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 63 (24%) · **■** Marginal 126 (48%)

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 Purulia - I

- Keshargarya720 people
- Akarbad689 people
- Dulmi672 people
- Karamara664 people
- Barakdi635 people
- Khojda635 people
- Mayradi634 people
- Bagdadi576 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uchali?657 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uchali in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uchali?76.7% (Census 2011)