# Kharail Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kharail

Kharail is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,029 people in 519 households**, the 14th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 2,029people (2011)
- 519households
- 77.3%literacy
- 957females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharail

Of every 100 households in Kharail in 2011, 28 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Kharail · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**70%

Tap water ****3%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****32%**

**25%

Television ****19%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kharail?

■ Kharail · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.3%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****957**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1100**

**951

Working population ****47.0%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.4% for men and 70.8% for women. 64% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 368 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 205 (22%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 128 (13%) · **■** Marginal 234 (25%)

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

- Tara2,332 people
- Balupara2,318 people
- Chak-Barham2,282 people
- Beltara2,151 people
- Chak Ramray1,957 people
- Kalna1,943 people
- Kulahari1,878 people
- Samjia1,861 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharail?2,029 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharail in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharail?77.3% (Census 2011)