# Balapukhari Kharkharia Village, Mekliganj – Population

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Balapukhari Kharkharia

Balapukhari Kharkharia is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **716 people in 158 households**, the 60th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 716people (2011)
- 158households
- 78.3%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Balapukhari Kharkharia

Of every 100 households in Balapukhari Kharkharia in 2011, 21 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Balapukhari Kharkharia · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**74%

Tap water ****79%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****1%**

**36%

Television ****9%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**38%

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 Balapukhari Kharkharia?

■ Balapukhari Kharkharia · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.3%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****981**

**930

Working population ****28.9%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 72.8% for women. 55% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 154 (74%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 9 (4%) · **■** Marginal 34 (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 Mekliganj

- Mokarari Jamaldaha748 people
- Lotamari739 people
- Bhogjan732 people
- Uttar Jamaldaha Balapukharia721 people
- Uttar Pukurdabri711 people
- Uttar Boknabandha710 people
- Purbba Gopalpur655 people
- Bara Panisala652 people

[All 186 villages in Mekliganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/mekliganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Balapukhari Kharkharia?716 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Balapukhari Kharkharia in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Balapukhari Kharkharia?78.3% (Census 2011)