Inchhura

Inchhura (often called Insura) is a village in Hooghly district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Geography 
The village is 20 meters above sea level. Its post office is in Boinchi. The police station is in Pandua. Its PIN code is 712134 and Bengali is the local language. The village is surrounded by the villages of Mulgram, Bhonpur, and Piragram and is approximately 4.5  km from this region's main town Boinchi.

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, and Kali Puja are the main festivals here.

Population

Inchhura is a medium size village located in Pandua of Hooghly district, West Bengal with a total of 310 families residing. The Inchhura village has a population of 1367 of which 677 are males while 690 are females as per Population Census 2011.

The population of children ages 0-6 is 149 which makes up 10.9% of the total population of Inchhura. The Average Sex Ratio of Inchhura is 1019 which is higher than the West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Inchhura as per census is 1292, higher than the West Bengal average of 956.

Inchhura village has a higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, the literacy rate of Inchhura was 82.76% compared to 76.26% from West Bengal. In Inchhura male literacy stands at 89.87% while the female literacy rate is 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 the 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 a livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 642 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural laborers.

References

External links
http://www.indiamapia.com/Hooghly/Insura.html
http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/324757-inchhura-west-bengal.html

Category: Villages in Hooghly district