# Kharahana Village, Nighasan, Kheri (Uttar Pradesh)

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Village · Nighasan, Kheri 

# Kharahana

Kharahana is a village in Nighasan sub-district of Kheri district, Uttar Pradesh. The 2011 Census counted **6,265 people in 1,276 households**, the 17th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 49.0%.

- 6,265people (2011)
- 1,276households
- 48.2%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharahana

Of every 100 households in Kharahana in 2011, 25 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kharahana · ■ Nighasan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**12%

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

**11%

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

**88%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**64%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****76%**

**70%

Television ****17%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kharahana?

■ Kharahana · ■ Nighasan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.2%**

**49.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**906

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****994**

**957

Working population ****31.0%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.7% for men and 37.5% for women. 52% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 879 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 409 (21%) · **■** Household industry 36 (2%) · **■** Other work 103 (5%) · **■** Marginal 514 (26%)

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 Nighasan

- Chedui Pateya8,556 people
- Ballipur7,274 people
- Barotha7,130 people
- Nauranga Bad6,458 people
- Ganga Behad6,220 people
- Barsola Kalan6,172 people
- Chakhara6,127 people
- Majhara Purab6,011 people

[All 118 villages in Nighasan](https://wherepedia.org/india/uttar-pradesh/kheri/nighasan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharahana?6,265 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharahana in?Kheri district (Nighasan sub-district), Uttar Pradesh
- What is the literacy rate of Kharahana?48.2% (Census 2011)