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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Pichhla

Pichhla is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,563 people in 325 households**, the 86th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,563people (2011)
- 325households
- 59.5%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pichhla

Of every 100 households in Pichhla in 2011, 50 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Pichhla · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****79%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**19%

Television ****29%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Pichhla?

■ Pichhla · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****709**

**943

Working population ****37.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.3% for men and 54.9% for women. 49% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 73 (13%) · **■** Household industry 113 (20%) · **■** Other work 123 (21%) · **■** Marginal 226 (39%)

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

- Hemenpur1,615 people
- Barua1,613 people
- Doarin1,579 people
- Barapataul1,574 people
- Sima Anandapur1,563 people
- Damdama1,552 people
- Khatrabari1,543 people
- Balchiar1,536 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pichhla?1,563 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pichhla in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pichhla?59.5% (Census 2011)