Country India District Hooghly PIN 712134 Elevation 20 m Population 1,367 (2011) | State West Bengal Time zone IST (UTC+5:30) Telephone code 03213 Local time Sunday 3:38 AM Area code 03213 | |
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Inchhura(often called Insura) is a village in Hooghly district, West Bengal, India. The village is 20 meters over sea-level. Its post office is in Boinchi, its police station is in Pandua. Its pincode is 712134 and Bengali is the local language. The village is surrounded by the villages of Mulgram, Bhonpur, Piragram and is 4.5 km (approx) from this region's main town Boinchi.
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Transport
Bainchigram and Boinchi are the nearest railway stations to Bhonpur, however the nearest major railway station is at Bardhaman, 41 km away.
Festivals
Durga Puja, Lakshmi Puja, Sarswati Puja, Kali Puja is the main festivals here.
Economy
Most of the villagers are cultivators.
Population
Inchhura is a medium size village located in Pandua of Hooghly district, West Bengal with total 310 families residing. The Inchhura village has population of 1367 of which 677 are males while 690 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Inchhura village population of children with age 0-6 is 149 which makes up 10.90% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Inchhura village is 1019 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Inchhura as per census is 1292, higher than West Bengal average of 956.
Inchhura village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Inchhura village was 82.76% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. In Inchhura Male literacy stands at 89.87% while female literacy rate was 75.58%.
Caste Factor
Inchhura village has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.87% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 17.56% of total population in Inchhura village.
Work Profile
In Inchhura village out of total population, 642 were engaged in work activities. 38.79% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 61.21% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 642 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.