# Kuchila Village, Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Islampur, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kuchila

Kuchila is a village in Islampur sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,549 people in 1,625 households**, the 7th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 44.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.5%.

- 9,549people (2011)
- 1,625households
- 44.9%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kuchila

Of every 100 households in Kuchila in 2011, 5 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kuchila · ■ Islampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**79%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**62%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****2%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****39%**

**40%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kuchila?

■ Kuchila · ■ Islampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****44.9%**

**53.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**967

Working population ****28.9%**

**30.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.5% for men and 37.2% for women. 48% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 720 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 993 (36%) · **■** Household industry 10 (0%) · **■** Other work 399 (14%) · **■** Marginal 636 (23%)

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 Islampur

- Gunabari11,835 people
- Phulhara11,113 people
- Bhojpur11,055 people
- Barakhanti9,617 people
- Dhantola9,503 people
- Panchdimti9,337 people
- Chaprajhar7,773 people
- Paschim Pachhurasia7,318 people

[All 101 villages in Islampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/islampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kuchila?9,549 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kuchila in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Islampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kuchila?44.9% (Census 2011)