# Kharkharia Village, Mekliganj, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Kharkharia

Kharkharia is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **99 people in 21 households**, the 132nd largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 99people (2011)
- 21households
- 49.3%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharkharia

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

■ Kharkharia · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**74%

Tap water ****5%**

**9%

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

**69%

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

**1%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**36%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****100%**

**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 Kharkharia?

■ Kharkharia · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.3%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1889**

**930

Working population ****30.3%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 52.4% for men and 45.2% for women. 51% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 21 (70%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (13%) · **■** Marginal 5 (17%)

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

- Paschim Panisala147 people
- Paschim Upanchauki Kuchlibari143 people
- Chhota Fulkar Dabri Kharkharia116 people
- Bhogramguri101 people
- Jhar Singheswar91 people
- Paschim Patchhara Gopalpur88 people
- Chhota Thunkirjhar68 people
- Madhya Bhotbari54 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharkharia?99 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharkharia in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharkharia?49.3% (Census 2011)