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

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Kherosol

Kherosol is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **774 people in 171 households**, the 69th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 774people (2011)
- 171households
- 79.5%literacy
- 930females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kherosol

Of every 100 households in Kherosol in 2011, 48 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kherosol · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

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

**16%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****44%**

**56%

Use banking services ****54%**

**58%

Television ****19%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kherosol?

■ Kherosol · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.5%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****930**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**924

Working population ****40.3%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 68.5% for women. 66% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 29 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 65 (21%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 82 (26%) · **■** Marginal 135 (43%)

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

- Tantkanali799 people
- Kadmaghati797 people
- Gajarya Bari796 people
- Radharamanpur776 people
- Ray Band773 people
- Maukura772 people
- Ailta768 people
- Kharigara754 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kherosol?774 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kherosol in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kherosol?79.5% (Census 2011)