Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Kharika Dangi

Kharika Dangi is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 175 people in 38 households, the 251st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.
- 175 people (2011)
- 38 households
- 67.5% literacy
- 902 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharika Dangi

Of every 100 households in Kharika Dangi in 2011, 15 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharika Dangi · ■ Tapan rural average
- Electricity for lighting 15% 31%
- Toilet within the home 64% 24%
- No toilet (open defecation) 27% 75%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 11%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 94%
- Use banking services 39% 26%
- Television 24% 16%
- Mobile phone 52% 30%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 0% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 21% 33%
- Own their home 88% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kharika Dangi?

■ Kharika Dangi · ■ Tapan rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 67.5% 68.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 902 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 750 954
- Working population 34.9% 45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 73.0% for women. 58% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 13 (21%) · ■ Farm labourers 22 (36%) · ■ Household industry 3 (5%) · ■ Other work 14 (23%) · ■ Marginal 9 (15%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Tapan
- Bad Basudebpur 190 people
- Chechrakuri 184 people
- Kasitara 183 people
- Chenchoir 182 people
- Faradpur 172 people
- Madhabpur 170 people
- Goranda 165 people
- Sadullapur 163 people

All 279 villages in Tapan

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kharika Dangi? 175 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharika Dangi in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharika Dangi? 67.5% (Census 2011)

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