Kachhwa Explained

Kachhwa
Settlement Type:Town
Pushpin Map:India Uttar Pradesh
Pushpin Label Position:right
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Uttar Pradesh, India
Coordinates:25.207°N 82.716°W
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: India
Subdivision Type1:State
Subdivision Name1:Uttar Pradesh
Subdivision Type2:District
Subdivision Name2:Mirzapur
Unit Pref:Metric
Elevation M:84
Population Total:19,798
Population As Of:2011
Population Density Km2:auto
Demographics Type1:Language
Demographics1 Title1:Official
Demographics1 Info1:Hindi[1]
Demographics1 Title2:Additional official
Demographics1 Info2:Urdu
Timezone1:IST
Utc Offset1:+5:30

Kachhwa is a town and a nagar panchayat in Mirzapur district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh.

Geography

Kachhwa is located at .[2] It has an average elevation of 84 metres (275 feet).It is around 30 km. away from Varanasi Cantt.

Demographics

As of 2011 Indian Census, Kachhwa had a total population of 15,958, of which 8,363 were males and 7,595 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 2,240. The total number of literates in Kachhwa was 10,846, which constituted 68.0% of the population with male literacy of 76.5% and female literacy of 58.6%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Kachhwa was 79.1%, of which male literacy rate was 88.8% and female literacy rate was 68.3%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 2,369 and 39 respectively. Kachhwa had 2249 households in 2011.[3]

Healthcare

Kachhwa Christian Hospital provides the healthcare facilities for the nearby villages and rural population. [4]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 52nd Report of the Commissioner for Linguistic Minorities in India. nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. 26 December 2018. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf. 25 May 2017. dmy-all.
  2. Web site: Falling Rain Genomics, Inc – Kachhwa . 2 July 2006 . 11 March 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20070311230039/http://www.fallingrain.com/world/IN/36/Kachhwa.html . live .
  3. Web site: Census of India: Kachhwa . www.censusindia.gov.in . 25 November 2019.
  4. Web site: Rural hospitals: The silent, frontline units in the war on COVID-19 . 18 February 2024 . 24 December 2023 . https://web.archive.org/web/20231224095327/https://www.theweek.in/news/health/2020/05/01/rural-hospitals-the-silent-frontline-units-in-the-war-on-covid-19.html . live .