# Jharia Kocha Village, Khatra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Khatra, Bankura 

# Jharia Kocha

Jharia Kocha is a village in Khatra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **535 people in 114 households**, the 75th largest of 146 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 535people (2011)
- 114households
- 83.4%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Jharia Kocha

Of every 100 households in Jharia Kocha in 2011, 40 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Jharia Kocha · ■ Khatra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**9%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**90%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**9%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**89%

Use banking services ****72%**

**57%

Television ****11%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****32%**

**29%

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 Jharia Kocha?

■ Jharia Kocha · ■ Khatra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.4%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****909**

**940

Working population ****39.6%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 75.3% for women. 61% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 20 (9%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 10 (5%) · **■** Marginal 109 (51%)

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 Khatra

- Goala Danga578 people
- Kurkutia574 people
- Tentulchita539 people
- Gopi Sagar536 people
- Jalhari528 people
- Phulhari527 people
- Bhuru Danga516 people
- Bara Gari513 people

[All 153 villages in Khatra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/khatra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Jharia Kocha?535 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Jharia Kocha in?Bankura district (Khatra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Jharia Kocha?83.4% (Census 2011)