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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pachloha

Pachloha is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,909 people in 404 households**, the 70th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 46.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,909people (2011)
- 404households
- 46.2%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pachloha

Of every 100 households in Pachloha in 2011, 18 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Pachloha · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****57%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****43%**

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****60%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****20%**

**19%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**28%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Pachloha?

■ Pachloha · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****46.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****874**

**943

Working population ****38.6%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.0% for men and 35.4% for women. 53% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 97 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 303 (41%) · **■** Household industry 31 (4%) · **■** Other work 116 (16%) · **■** Marginal 190 (26%)

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

- Purba Matiari2,003 people
- Babhania1,992 people
- Dakshin Jadopur1,986 people
- Kochabari1,932 people
- Pauti1,898 people
- Kaderganj1,881 people
- Chhota Pataul1,880 people
- Bardahi1,839 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pachloha?1,909 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pachloha in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pachloha?46.2% (Census 2011)