# Gaharia Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Gaharia

Gaharia is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,670 people in 376 households**, the 60th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 1,670people (2011)
- 376households
- 54.9%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaharia

Of every 100 households in Gaharia in 2011, 8 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gaharia · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****7%**

**27%

Television ****7%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****57%**

**53%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gaharia?

■ Gaharia · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.9%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**960

Working population ****34.0%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.3% for men and 48.3% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 169 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (37%) · **■** Household industry 39 (7%) · **■** Other work 51 (9%) · **■** Marginal 98 (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 Khargram

- Titidanga1,782 people
- Kharsa1,746 people
- Jahangirpur1,684 people
- Sanigram1,677 people
- Punia1,644 people
- Pathai1,619 people
- Mandalsar1,580 people
- Augram1,572 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaharia?1,670 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaharia in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaharia?54.9% (Census 2011)