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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Khirtta

Khirtta is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,387 people in 352 households**, the 47th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,387people (2011)
- 352households
- 70.1%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khirtta

Of every 100 households in Khirtta in 2011, 43 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khirtta · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**75%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****7%**

**26%

Television ****14%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khirtta?

■ Khirtta · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**954

Working population ****40.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 65.5% for women. 61% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 275 (50%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 75 (14%) · **■** Marginal 82 (15%)

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

- Jiyatkunda1,469 people
- Dwip Khanda1,432 people
- Atila1,425 people
- Balapur1,425 people
- Rampara Chenchra1,379 people
- Antashimul1,370 people
- Hasnagar1,345 people
- Degaon1,337 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khirtta?1,387 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khirtta in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khirtta?70.1% (Census 2011)