# Kargahir Village, Bankura - I, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - I, Bankura 

# Kargahir

Kargahir is a village in Bankura - I sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,473 people in 312 households**, the 14th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.7%.

- 1,473people (2011)
- 312households
- 62.7%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kargahir

Of every 100 households in Kargahir in 2011, 46 had electricity, 33 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 19 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kargahir · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****33%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****66%**

**84%

Tap water ****54%**

**25%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****52%**

**68%

Use banking services ****38%**

**35%

Television ****28%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****19%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kargahir?

■ Kargahir · ■ Bankura - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**68.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**961

Working population ****31.5%**

**37.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 53.2% for women. 53% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 17 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (8%) · **■** Household industry 12 (3%) · **■** Other work 363 (78%) · **■** Marginal 37 (8%)

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 Bankura - I

- Banshi2,156 people
- Badra2,016 people
- Shushunia1,680 people
- Jalhari1,584 people
- Gauripur1,468 people
- Balia1,460 people
- Dhulidihi1,334 people
- Dakshinbankati1,312 people

[All 150 villages in Bankura - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kargahir?1,473 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kargahir in?Bankura district (Bankura - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kargahir?62.7% (Census 2011)