# Kharpa Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Kharpa

Kharpa is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **288 people in 63 households**, the 226th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 288people (2011)
- 63households
- 62.9%literacy
- 946females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharpa

Of every 100 households in Kharpa in 2011, 41 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharpa · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**75%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****32%**

**26%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Kharpa?

■ Kharpa · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.9%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****946**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1667**

**954

Working population ****53.1%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.4% for men and 60.0% for women. 66% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 37 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 45 (29%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 66 (43%)

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 Tapan

- Paharpur310 people
- Dhundipara304 people
- Kharikadanga304 people
- Kaikuri301 people
- Teliapara287 people
- Satihar280 people
- Dakshin Sadullapur276 people
- Dilalpur272 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharpa?288 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharpa in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharpa?62.9% (Census 2011)