# Kharghat Village, Pen, Raigarh (Maharashtra) – PIN Code

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Village · Pen, Raigarh 

# Kharghat

Kharghat is a village in Pen sub-district of Raigarh district, Maharashtra. The 2011 Census counted **458 people in 108 households**, the 106th largest of 151 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 458people (2011)
- 108households
- 81.9%literacy
- 1,101females per 1,000 males

## Kharghat PIN code and other codes

Kharghat falls in Pen sub-district, Raigarh district, Maharashtra.

- Community development blockPen
- Census village code553946

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

## How far is Kharghat from nearby towns?

- Pen (sub-district HQ)10 km by road
- Alibag (district HQ)40 km by road
- Pen (nearest town)10 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 Kharghat?

8 services counted by the Census are inside Kharghat; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Mobile phone coverageIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●National highwayIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Karav
- ○Degree college10+ km · Pen
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Pen
- ○Primary health centreunder 5 km
- ○Allopathic hospitalunder 5 km
- ○Dispensaryunder 5 km
- ○Post office10+ km
- ○Railway stationunder 5 km
- ○ATMunder 5 km
- ○Commercial bankunder 5 km
- ○Ration (PDS) shopunder 5 km
- ○Mandi / regular market10+ km
- ○Public library10+ km

### Water and power

- Drinking watertreated tap water
- Electricity (2011)8 h summer · 10 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 Kharghat known for?

About 90% of the 49 hectares of village land is sown, and 44 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 Kharghat

Of every 100 households in Kharghat in 2011, 91 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 24 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharghat · ■ Pen rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**85%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**27%

Tap water ****100%**

**70%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**36%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****24%**

**37%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****70%**

**57%

Use banking services ****72%**

**53%

Television ****63%**

**53%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**27%

Own their home ****93%**

**91%

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 Kharghat?

■ Kharghat · ■ Pen rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.9%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1101**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****633**

**968

Working population ****29.7%**

**45.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.6% for men and 71.9% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 8 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (61%) · **■** Other work 27 (20%) · **■** Marginal 18 (13%)

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 Pen

- Kanhoba493 people
- Mungoshi486 people
- Karli480 people
- Hanumanpada471 people
- Lakhola453 people
- Kalai435 people
- Chinchghar427 people
- Ghote425 people

[All 169 villages in Pen](https://wherepedia.org/india/maharashtra/raigarh/pen/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Kharghat from Alibag?40 km by road
- What is the population of Kharghat?458 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharghat in?Raigarh district (Pen sub-district), Maharashtra
- What is the literacy rate of Kharghat?81.9% (Census 2011)