# Kachna Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kachna

Kachna is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,042 people in 220 households**, the 81st largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,042people (2011)
- 220households
- 59.2%literacy
- 1,012females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kachna

Of every 100 households in Kachna in 2011, 41 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kachna · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**34%

Television ****22%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**20%

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 Kachna?

■ Kachna · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.2%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1012**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**969

Working population ****41.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 46.3% for women. 55% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 173 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (8%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 44 (10%) · **■** Marginal 179 (41%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Uttar Shankarpur1,088 people
- Pachakandar1,076 people
- Radhikapur1,057 people
- Randhanipara1,057 people
- Paschim Gagara1,025 people
- Narayanpur1,023 people
- Pakuria989 people
- Mudafat988 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kachna?1,042 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachna in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kachna?59.2% (Census 2011)