# Kharka Village, Orai, Jalaun (Uttar Pradesh) – Population

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Village · Orai, Jalaun 

# Kharka

Kharka is a village in Orai sub-district of Jalaun district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **3,384 people in 618 households**, the 12th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 3,384people (2011)
- 618households
- 63.4%literacy
- 833females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharka

Of every 100 households in Kharka in 2011, 44 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kharka · ■ Orai rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**65%

Tap water ****19%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**29%

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

**6%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****72%**

**78%

Television ****22%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**67%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**19%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****28%**

**16%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Kharka?

■ Kharka · ■ Orai rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.4%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****833**

**860

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**875

Working population ****36.7%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.0% for men and 50.3% for women. 53% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 554 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 297 (24%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 129 (10%) · **■** Marginal 254 (20%)

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 Orai

- Air3,798 people
- Kusmiliya3,703 people
- Gadhhar3,699 people
- Dadari3,437 people
- Kukar Gaon3,321 people
- Atariya3,280 people
- Mohana3,261 people
- Bandhauli3,026 people

[All 157 villages in Orai](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/jalaun/orai/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharka?3,384 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharka in?Jalaun district (Orai sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kharka?63.4% (Census 2011)