# Kuchigadi Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kuchigadi

Kuchigadi is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,002 people in 250 households**, the 50th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,002people (2011)
- 250households
- 74.8%literacy
- 1,004females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuchigadi

Of every 100 households in Kuchigadi in 2011, 56 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kuchigadi · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**44%

Tap water ****27%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**25%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****36%**

**46%

Television ****28%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****45%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kuchigadi?

■ Kuchigadi · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1004**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1082**

**981

Working population ****42.5%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 69.7% for women. 64% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 9 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (9%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 108 (25%) · **■** Marginal 260 (61%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Malangdar1,073 people
- Mahamayapur1,046 people
- Naldari1,019 people
- Bagpota1,012 people
- Talmaria1,000 people
- Chak Himmatkhan946 people
- Chandua872 people
- Pakua Kultikri868 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuchigadi?1,002 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuchigadi in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuchigadi?74.8% (Census 2011)