# Atgharia Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Atgharia

Atgharia is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,332 people in 288 households**, the 74th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,332people (2011)
- 288households
- 64.5%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atgharia

Of every 100 households in Atgharia in 2011, 16 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Atgharia · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****3%**

**27%

Television ****11%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****42%**

**53%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Atgharia?

■ Atgharia · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1028**

**960

Working population ****33.0%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 52.8% for women. 59% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 47 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 182 (41%) · **■** Other work 42 (10%) · **■** Marginal 168 (38%)

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 Khargram

- Ratanpur Arazi1,427 people
- Amjua1,422 people
- Desalpur1,387 people
- Dakshin Raypur1,381 people
- Dangapara1,303 people
- Goai1,293 people
- Podda1,273 people
- Kandra1,258 people

[All 155 villages in Khargram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/khargram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atgharia?1,332 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atgharia in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atgharia?64.5% (Census 2011)