# Char Khanda Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Char Khanda

Char Khanda is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **150 people in 40 households**, the 190th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 150people (2011)
- 40households
- 69.6%literacy
- 1,083females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Char Khanda

Of every 100 households in Char Khanda in 2011, 32 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Char Khanda · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**70%

Tap water ****7%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****23%**

**25%

Television ****16%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Char Khanda?

■ Char Khanda · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.6%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1083**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2000**

**951

Working population ****41.3%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.1% for men and 63.2% for women. 51% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 11 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 35 (56%) · **■** Other work 8 (13%) · **■** Marginal 8 (13%)

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 Kumarganj

- Pashchim Gobindapur173 people
- Bhagabanpur171 people
- Uzirpur171 people
- Mirzapur166 people
- Serpur147 people
- Purbba Gobindapur146 people
- Shibrampur145 people
- Chak-Ajhair144 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Char Khanda?150 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Char Khanda in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Char Khanda?69.6% (Census 2011)