# Kharra Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Kharra

Kharra is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,776 people in 400 households**, the 32nd largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 1,776people (2011)
- 400households
- 67.1%literacy
- 1,039females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharra

Of every 100 households in Kharra in 2011, 26 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kharra · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**80%

Use banking services ****93%**

**39%

Television ****16%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kharra?

■ Kharra · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1039**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**964

Working population ****38.1%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.4% for men and 57.3% for women. 60% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 133 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 403 (60%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 85 (13%) · **■** Marginal 45 (7%)

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 Indus

- Ratra1,898 people
- Dasarath Bati1,862 people
- Shalikona1,846 people
- Mahespur1,835 people
- Pariksha Para1,689 people
- Haiyat Nagar1,671 people
- Charigram1,656 people
- Keneti1,656 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharra?1,776 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharra in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharra?67.1% (Census 2011)