# Kharkhar Village, Kalapipal, Shajapur (Madhya Pradesh)

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Village · Kalapipal, Shajapur 

# Kharkhar

Kharkhar is a village in Kalapipal sub-district of Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **289 people in 80 households**, the 113th largest of 121 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 289people (2011)
- 80households
- 65.0%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Kharkhar PIN code and other codes

Kharkhar falls in Kalapipal sub-district, Shajapur district, Madhya Pradesh.

- Community development blockShujalpur
- Census village code473181

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

## How far is Kharkhar from nearby towns?

- Kalapipal (sub-district HQ)15 km by road
- Shajapur (district HQ)70 km by road
- Shujalpur (nearest town)15 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 Kharkhar?

6 services counted by the Census are inside Kharkhar; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Jamner
- ○Degree college10+ km · Shujalpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Shajapur
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary10+ km
- ○Post officeunder 5 km
- ○Public bus serviceunder 5 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps, tube wells / boreholes and canal / river
- Electricity (2011)6 h summer · 8 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 Kharkhar known for?

The main crops are **soyabean, wheat and chana**. About 82% of the 227 hectares of village land is sown, and 148 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 Kharkhar

Of every 100 households in Kharkhar in 2011, 54 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharkhar · ■ Kalapipal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**89%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**80%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****46%**

**43%

Television ****18%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**56%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**20%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**28%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kharkhar?

■ Kharkhar · ■ Kalapipal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.0%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**926

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**910

Working population ****61.6%**

**48.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 50.4% for women. 62% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 58 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (5%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 105 (59%)

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 Kalapipal

- Akodi379 people
- Shekhpur Bongi358 people
- Kuthali340 people
- Kannadpur Marethi332 people
- Khalilpur276 people
- Deora Khedi149 people
- Hanumant Kheda148 people
- Chakrana Bad142 people

[All 124 villages in Kalapipal](https://wherepedia.org/india/madhya-pradesh/shajapur/kalapipal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharkhar from Shajapur?70 km by road
- What is the population of Kharkhar?289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharkhar in?Shajapur district (Kalapipal sub-district), Madhya Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kharkhar?65.0% (Census 2011)