# Kharikadighi Village, Kushmundi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kharikadighi

Kharikadighi is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **386 people in 84 households**, the 172nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 386people (2011)
- 84households
- 51.7%literacy
- 1,075females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharikadighi

Of every 100 households in Kharikadighi in 2011, 3 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharikadighi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****3%**

**18%

Television ****1%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****51%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Kharikadighi?

■ Kharikadighi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1075**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1304**

**955

Working population ****29.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.4% for men and 50.0% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 100 (88%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 12 (11%)

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 Kushmundi

- Ranipur390 people
- Barakafurchand388 people
- Kashimpur388 people
- Madhyamkarai387 people
- Mastahar385 people
- Khamrail381 people
- Joypur377 people
- Randanga374 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharikadighi?386 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharikadighi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharikadighi?51.7% (Census 2011)