# Kharashgram Village, Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman 

# Kharashgram

Kharashgram is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,957 people in 851 households**, the 7th largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 3,957people (2011)
- 851households
- 75.8%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharashgram

Of every 100 households in Kharashgram in 2011, 57 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kharashgram · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****55%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**81%

Use banking services ****73%**

**48%

Television ****21%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Kharashgram?

■ Kharashgram · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.8%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****980**

**954

Working population ****33.7%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.0% for men and 72.6% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 347 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 620 (46%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 164 (12%) · **■** Marginal 192 (14%)

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 Purbasthali - I

- Dogachhia5,910 people
- Goalpara4,843 people
- Jalahati4,626 people
- Kobla4,117 people
- Nadanghat3,799 people
- Naopara3,619 people
- Arjunpukur3,154 people
- Jahan Nagar3,106 people

[All 95 villages in Purbasthali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharashgram?3,957 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharashgram in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharashgram?75.8% (Census 2011)