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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kachna

Kachna is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,321 people in 251 households**, the 101st largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,321people (2011)
- 251households
- 69.2%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kachna

Of every 100 households in Kachna in 2011, 33 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kachna · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**26%

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

**21%

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

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****78%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****5%**

**19%

Television ****16%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**28%

Own their home ****86%**

**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 · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****850**

**943

Working population ****53.1%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 55.0% for women. 54% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 269 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 199 (28%) · **■** Other work 11 (2%) · **■** Marginal 222 (32%)

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

- Baliamora1,383 people
- Paschim Pipla1,380 people
- Begma1,352 people
- Bhaksala1,352 people
- Kismat Altapur1,320 people
- Khudar Gachhi1,318 people
- Mehandabari1,307 people
- Dalmadh1,302 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kachna?1,321 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachna in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kachna?69.2% (Census 2011)