# Khatua Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Khatua

Khatua is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,489 people in 349 households**, the 70th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,489people (2011)
- 349households
- 70.4%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khatua

Of every 100 households in Khatua in 2011, 22 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khatua · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****22%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**83%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****44%**

**20%

Television ****15%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****16%**

**39%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khatua?

■ Khatua · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****929**

**954

Working population ****50.4%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.3% for men and 61.0% for women. 61% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 381 (51%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (5%) · **■** Marginal 215 (29%)

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

- Jogpur1,545 people
- Dhalsa1,544 people
- Choapukuria1,506 people
- Megha1,495 people
- Balarmbati1,471 people
- Ratanpur1,447 people
- Saorail1,444 people
- Gokulta1,417 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khatua?1,489 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khatua in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khatua?70.4% (Census 2011)