# Khaergaria Village, Simlapal, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Simlapal, Bankura 

# Khaergaria

Khaergaria is a village in Simlapal sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,636 people in 316 households**, the 12th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.4%.

- 1,636people (2011)
- 316households
- 66.7%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khaergaria

Of every 100 households in Khaergaria in 2011, 25 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khaergaria · ■ Simlapal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**10%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**90%

Tap water ****3%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**84%

Use banking services ****18%**

**52%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Khaergaria?

■ Khaergaria · ■ Simlapal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**68.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**960

Working population ****33.1%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.3% for men and 55.9% for women. 50% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 353 (65%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 46 (9%) · **■** Marginal 18 (3%)

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 Simlapal

- Hatibari1,896 people
- Nutangar1,795 people
- Bikrampur1,709 people
- Barahetyagara1,637 people
- Bhutsahar1,582 people
- Asna1,546 people
- Bhedua1,502 people
- Pukhuria1,467 people

[All 202 villages in Simlapal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/simlapal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khaergaria?1,636 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khaergaria in?Bankura district (Simlapal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khaergaria?66.7% (Census 2011)