# Kharda Village, Babai, Hoshangabad (Madhya Pradesh) – PIN Code

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Village · Babai, Hoshangabad 

# Kharda

Kharda is a village in Babai sub-district of Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **1,347 people in 257 households**, the 34th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,347people (2011)
- 257households
- 57.4%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Kharda PIN code and other codes

Kharda falls in Babai sub-district, Hoshangabad district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockBabai
- Census village code487613

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Kharda from nearby towns?

- Babai (sub-district HQ)29 km by road
- Hoshangabad (district HQ)46 km by road
- Hoshangabad (nearest town)46 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Kharda?

7 services counted by the Census are inside Kharda; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Community centreIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary school5–10 km · Semri Harchand
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Hoshangabad
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post office5–10 km
- ○Public bus service5–10 km
- ○Railway station5–10 km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bank10+ km
- ○Mandi / regular market5–10 km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking watercovered wells, hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Kharda known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 49% of the 629 hectares of village land is sown, and 247 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Kharda

Of every 100 households in Kharda in 2011, 71 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharda · ■ Babai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**67%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**71%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**96%

Use banking services ****10%**

**31%

Television ****13%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**17%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Kharda?

■ Kharda · ■ Babai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**911

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****985**

**919

Working population ****39.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.5% for men and 47.3% for women. 51% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 189 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 316 (59%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 15 (3%)

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 Babai

- Madhawan1,407 people
- Muhasa1,398 people
- Chaplasar1,388 people
- Baglon1,362 people
- Mahendrawadi1,309 people
- Bachhwada1,279 people
- Suwakhedi1,247 people
- Talkesri1,234 people

[All 106 villages in Babai](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/hoshangabad/babai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharda from Hoshangabad?46 km by road
- What is the population of Kharda?1,347 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharda in?Hoshangabad district (Babai sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kharda?57.4% (Census 2011)