# Kochpara Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kochpara

Kochpara is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,679 people in 325 households**, the 62nd largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,679people (2011)
- 325households
- 53.7%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kochpara

Of every 100 households in Kochpara in 2011, 79 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kochpara · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**32%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****32%**

**96%

Use banking services ****25%**

**16%

Television ****29%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**32%

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 Kochpara?

■ Kochpara · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.7%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****831**

**955

Working population ****32.6%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 43.8% for women. 54% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 298 (54%) · **■** Farm labourers 176 (32%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 47 (9%) · **■** Marginal 16 (3%)

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 Itahar

- Rajkot1,792 people
- Basratpur1,755 people
- Sahabhita1,741 people
- Tilna1,694 people
- Asrafpur1,620 people
- Subarnapur1,616 people
- Koarpur1,559 people
- Digna1,558 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kochpara?1,679 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kochpara in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kochpara?53.7% (Census 2011)