# Khesar Village, Khargram, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Khargram, Murshidabad 

# Khesar

Khesar is a village in Khargram sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,075 people in 471 households**, the 47th largest of 138 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.6%.

- 2,075people (2011)
- 471households
- 63.0%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khesar

Of every 100 households in Khesar in 2011, 34 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khesar · ■ Khargram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**16%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****14%**

**27%

Television ****8%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**20%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****65%**

**53%

Own their home ****91%**

**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 Khesar?

■ Khesar · ■ Khargram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**63.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**960

Working population ****29.7%**

**32.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 53.8% for women. 55% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 161 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 242 (39%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 75 (12%) · **■** Marginal 135 (22%)

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

- Diara2,164 people
- Ramchandrapur2,157 people
- Bibinagar2,127 people
- Rahimanagar2,087 people
- Dasdebagram1,974 people
- Ninur1,970 people
- Palsanda1,969 people
- Barar1,954 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khesar?2,075 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khesar in?Murshidabad district (Khargram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khesar?63.0% (Census 2011)