# Khar Kharia Village, Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Dinhata - I, Koch Bihar 

# Khar Kharia

Khar Kharia is a village in Dinhata - I sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,715 people in 393 households**, the 58th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,715people (2011)
- 393households
- 74.2%literacy
- 874females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khar Kharia

Of every 100 households in Khar Kharia in 2011, 25 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khar Kharia · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****40%**

**35%

Tap water ****66%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**88%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****50%**

**49%

Television ****6%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**34%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Khar Kharia?

■ Khar Kharia · ■ Dinhata - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.2%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****874**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****700**

**949

Working population ****37.4%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.8% for men and 68.0% for women. 55% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 135 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 243 (38%) · **■** Household industry 35 (5%) · **■** Other work 174 (27%) · **■** Marginal 54 (8%)

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 Dinhata - I

- Chhota Naldhondra1,810 people
- Nabani1,781 people
- Chauler Kuthi1,764 people
- Ratinandan1,758 people
- Kharija Barakura1,683 people
- Bajejama Pakhihaga1,667 people
- Chhota Saulmari1,642 people
- Konamukta1,614 people

[All 130 villages in Dinhata - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/dinhata-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khar Kharia?1,715 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khar Kharia in?Koch Bihar district (Dinhata - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khar Kharia?74.2% (Census 2011)