# Bara Gachhia Village, Sonarpur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sonarpur, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Bara Gachhia

Bara Gachhia is a village in Sonarpur sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,520 people in 914 households**, the 19th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 3,520people (2011)
- 914households
- 71.6%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bara Gachhia

Of every 100 households in Bara Gachhia in 2011, 62 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Bara Gachhia · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**18%

Tap water ****17%**

**42%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**18%

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

**17%

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

**73%

Use banking services ****44%**

**52%

Television ****41%**

**57%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**61%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**10%

Own their home ****94%**

**92%

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 Bara Gachhia?

■ Bara Gachhia · ■ Sonarpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.6%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****906**

**969

Working population ****40.5%**

**37.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 64.4% for women. 61% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 260 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 613 (43%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 376 (26%) · **■** Marginal 160 (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 Sonarpur

- Chandpur3,788 people
- Tihuria3,773 people
- Nayabad3,696 people
- Kghodhati3,619 people
- Gangajora3,339 people
- Deara3,152 people
- Pratapnagar2,785 people
- Hasanpur2,753 people

[All 65 villages in Sonarpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sonarpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bara Gachhia?3,520 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bara Gachhia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sonarpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bara Gachhia?71.6% (Census 2011)