# Kshirarkot Village, Falakata, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Falakata, Jalpaiguri 

# Kshirarkot

Kshirarkot is a village in Falakata sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,326 people in 550 households**, the 54th largest of 60 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.6%.

- 2,326people (2011)
- 550households
- 75.5%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kshirarkot

Of every 100 households in Kshirarkot in 2011, 46 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kshirarkot · ■ Falakata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**55%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**43%

Tap water ****14%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**78%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****50%**

**20%

Television ****26%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**90%

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 Kshirarkot?

■ Kshirarkot · ■ Falakata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**70.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1176**

**941

Working population ****39.7%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 66.0% for women. 62% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 254 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 305 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 218 (24%) · **■** Marginal 146 (16%)

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 Falakata

- Bengkandi2,667 people
- Ethelbari Tea Garden2,619 people
- Jhar Beltali2,607 people
- Beltali Bhandani2,409 people
- Purbba Deogaon2,071 people
- Sishabari Sarugaon1,997 people
- Paschim Deogaon1,921 people
- Karaibari1,871 people

[All 60 villages in Falakata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/falakata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kshirarkot?2,326 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kshirarkot in?Jalpaiguri district (Falakata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kshirarkot?75.5% (Census 2011)