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| subdivision_name1 = [[West Bengal]]
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| subdivision_name2 = [[Hooghly district|Hooghly]]
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'''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 located in Pandua of Hooghly district, West Bengal, surrounded by the villages of [[Mulgram]], [[Bhonpur]], and [[Piragram]], and is approximately 4.5 km from the 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-sized village with a total of 310 families. The population at the [[2011 Census of India|2011 India census]] was 1367, 677 are males and 690 females. Children aged 0-6 numbered 149, 10.9% of the total population. The average sex ratio was 1019, higher than the West Bengal state average of 950. The child sex ratio was 1292, higher than the West Bengal average of 956.<ref name=census>[http://www.census2011.co.in/data/village/324757-inchhura-west-bengal.html "Inchhura Population - Hugli, West Bengal"], Census 2011.</ref>

Inchhura has a higher literacy rate than West Bengal as a whole: in 2011, 82.76% compared to 76.26% for West Bengal. Male literacy was 89.87% and female literacy 75.58%.<ref name=census/>

===Caste factor===
Inchhura has a substantial population of [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled castes]], 33.87%, and [[Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes|scheduled tribes]], 17.56%.<ref name=census/>

===Work profile===
Inchhura is a farming village. In 2011 out of the total population, 642 were engaged in work activities. 38.79% of the workers described their work as main work (employment or earning more than 6 months of the year), 61.21% as 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.<ref name=census/>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.indiamapia.com/Hooghly/Insura.html Insura] at IndiaMapia

[[Category: Villages in Hooghly district]]

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