# Kharigara Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Kharigara

Kharigara is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **754 people in 137 households**, the 73rd largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 754people (2011)
- 137households
- 77.3%literacy
- 1,011females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharigara

Of every 100 households in Kharigara in 2011, 35 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharigara · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**16%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**56%

Use banking services ****31%**

**58%

Television ****16%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kharigara?

■ Kharigara · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1011**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**924

Working population ****39.8%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.6% for men and 64.2% for women. 57% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 62 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 48 (16%) · **■** Marginal 186 (62%)

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 - II

- Kherosol774 people
- Ray Band773 people
- Maukura772 people
- Ailta768 people
- Manoharpur736 people
- Keshra723 people
- Rampur720 people
- Sonarekh707 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharigara?754 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharigara in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharigara?77.3% (Census 2011)