# Kharigerya Village, Raipur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Raipur, Bankura 

# Kharigerya

Kharigerya is a village in Raipur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,701 people in 382 households**, the 17th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,701people (2011)
- 382households
- 67.9%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharigerya

Of every 100 households in Kharigerya in 2011, 26 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharigerya · ■ Raipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**92%

Tap water ****2%**

**4%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**92%

Use banking services ****81%**

**66%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kharigerya?

■ Kharigerya · ■ Raipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**930

Working population ****46.4%**

**46.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 59.8% for women. 54% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 88 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 25 (3%) · **■** Household industry 33 (4%) · **■** Other work 39 (5%) · **■** Marginal 605 (77%)

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 Raipur

- Satpatta1,890 people
- Dhanara1,832 people
- Sara1,785 people
- Kamalpur1,743 people
- Demushunya1,697 people
- Dundar1,677 people
- Penchakola1,590 people
- Dheko1,537 people

[All 205 villages in Raipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/raipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharigerya?1,701 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharigerya in?Bankura district (Raipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharigerya?67.9% (Census 2011)