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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kachnagachh

Kachnagachh is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **740 people in 156 households**, the 160th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 740people (2011)
- 156households
- 50.7%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kachnagachh

Of every 100 households in Kachnagachh in 2011, 26 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kachnagachh · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****55%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**19%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**28%

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 Kachnagachh?

■ Kachnagachh · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.7%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****814**

**943

Working population ****52.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.4% for men and 41.9% for women. 56% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 62 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (21%) · **■** Other work 41 (11%) · **■** Marginal 204 (53%)

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

- Atanagar766 people
- Lohapunji766 people
- Panasbari756 people
- Madargachhi748 people
- Rankul737 people
- Bhagelia727 people
- Saraunja706 people
- Ganjana686 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kachnagachh?740 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kachnagachh in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kachnagachh?50.7% (Census 2011)