# Kachan Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kachan

Kachan is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,103 people in 516 households**, the 31st largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 39.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 3,103people (2011)
- 516households
- 39.9%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kachan

Of every 100 households in Kachan in 2011, 22 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kachan · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****90%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****6%**

**19%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**28%

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 Kachan?

■ Kachan · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****39.9%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1098**

**943

Working population ****42.3%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 46.2% for men and 33.2% for women. 44% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 260 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 289 (22%) · **■** Household industry 181 (14%) · **■** Other work 91 (7%) · **■** Marginal 493 (38%)

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 Karandighi

- Bikaur3,473 people
- Gospur3,367 people
- Basudebpur3,237 people
- Nazirpur3,112 people
- Altapur3,092 people
- Pandepur3,005 people
- Purba Maheshpur3,003 people
- Keshopur2,862 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kachan?3,103 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachan in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kachan?39.9% (Census 2011)