# Kharati Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Kharati

Kharati is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,281 people in 260 households**, the 79th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,281people (2011)
- 260households
- 59.1%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharati

Of every 100 households in Kharati in 2011, 18 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharati · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**95%

Use banking services ****20%**

**20%

Television ****59%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****7%**

**39%

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 Kharati?

■ Kharati · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.1%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****761**

**954

Working population ****61.4%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 54.0% for women. 65% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 218 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (12%) · **■** Household industry 53 (7%) · **■** Other work 26 (3%) · **■** Marginal 397 (51%)

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 Sagardighi

- Chaitpur1,409 people
- Bhumihar1,400 people
- Dihibaraj1,385 people
- Ser1,351 people
- Beloria1,278 people
- Sitalpara1,277 people
- Krishnapur1,276 people
- Bajitpur1,231 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharati?1,281 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharati in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharati?59.1% (Census 2011)