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

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Village · Mekliganj, Koch Bihar 

# Uttar Kharkharia

Uttar Kharkharia is a village in Mekliganj sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,677 people in 634 households**, the 11th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 2,677people (2011)
- 634households
- 67.5%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Kharkharia

Of every 100 households in Uttar Kharkharia in 2011, 10 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttar Kharkharia · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**14%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**74%

Tap water ****11%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****68%**

**69%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**93%

Use banking services ****30%**

**36%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**38%

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 Uttar Kharkharia?

■ Uttar Kharkharia · ■ Mekliganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****734**

**930

Working population ****40.2%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 59.4% for women. 58% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 515 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 127 (12%) · **■** Marginal 265 (25%)

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

- Tista Nadir Payasti3,706 people
- Dwarikamari Khasbas3,213 people
- Bara Nijtaraf2,868 people
- Uttar Andaran Kuchlibari2,771 people
- Sarhati2,549 people
- Dakshin Bokna Bandha2,539 people
- Dakshin Alokjhari2,360 people
- Jamal Dahahat2,304 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Kharkharia?2,677 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Kharkharia in?Koch Bihar district (Mekliganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Kharkharia?67.5% (Census 2011)