# Khantikar Village, Khandaghosh, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Khandaghosh, Barddhaman 

# Khantikar

Khantikar is a village in Khandaghosh sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,757 people in 404 households**, the 34th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,757people (2011)
- 404households
- 84.7%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khantikar

Of every 100 households in Khantikar in 2011, 61 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khantikar · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****61%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**36%

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

**4%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****89%**

**70%

Television ****15%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**19%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Khantikar?

■ Khantikar · ■ Khandaghosh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.7%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1152**

**960

Working population ****36.4%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.0% for men and 78.0% for women. 62% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 186 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 190 (30%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 91 (14%) · **■** Marginal 168 (26%)

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 Khandaghosh

- Metedanga1,865 people
- Rupsa1,835 people
- Bara Gopinathpur1,774 people
- Kalna1,759 people
- Sagrai1,755 people
- Kumirkola1,731 people
- Amba1,633 people
- Napara1,613 people

[All 111 villages in Khandaghosh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/khandaghosh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khantikar?1,757 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khantikar in?Barddhaman district (Khandaghosh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khantikar?84.7% (Census 2011)