# Kharkata Village, Vishnupur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Vishnupur, Bankura 

# Kharkata

Kharkata is a village in Vishnupur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,669 people in 336 households**, the 25th largest of 147 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.3%.

- 1,669people (2011)
- 336households
- 61.5%literacy
- 987females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharkata

Of every 100 households in Kharkata in 2011, 46 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kharkata · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**85%

Tap water ****6%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**24%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**87%

Use banking services ****84%**

**62%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**16%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kharkata?

■ Kharkata · ■ Vishnupur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**66.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****987**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1110**

**985

Working population ****51.8%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.9% for men and 50.6% for women. 57% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 38 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 100 (12%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 30 (3%) · **■** Marginal 693 (80%)

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 Vishnupur

- Basantapur1,853 people
- Amral1,819 people
- Amdahara1,751 people
- Gumut1,723 people
- Deuli1,649 people
- Kakila1,649 people
- Basudebpur1,642 people
- Kuldangar1,622 people

[All 161 villages in Vishnupur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/vishnupur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharkata?1,669 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharkata in?Bankura district (Vishnupur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharkata?61.5% (Census 2011)