# Kherur Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Kherur

Kherur is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,863 people in 394 households**, the 50th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 1,863people (2011)
- 394households
- 64.1%literacy
- 905females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kherur

Of every 100 households in Kherur in 2011, 13 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kherur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**25%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

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

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****6%**

**20%

Television ****9%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****43%**

**39%

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 Kherur?

■ Kherur · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****905**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**954

Working population ****31.9%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.5% for men and 58.4% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 67 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 284 (48%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (5%) · **■** Marginal 213 (36%)

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

- Bhola2,095 people
- Samasabad2,085 people
- Hukarhat2,012 people
- Sagardighi1,966 people
- Uttar Ramnagar1,807 people
- Pauli1,803 people
- Haldi1,802 people
- Santoshpur1,786 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kherur?1,863 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kherur in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kherur?64.1% (Census 2011)