# Khandasharkara Village, Amdanga – Population & Literacy

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khandasharkara

Khandasharkara is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,485 people in 578 households**, the 31st largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 2,485people (2011)
- 578households
- 76.6%literacy
- 935females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khandasharkara

Of every 100 households in Khandasharkara in 2011, 57 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Khandasharkara · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**51%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****30%**

**50%

Television ****13%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****31%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Khandasharkara?

■ Khandasharkara · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****935**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**969

Working population ****35.9%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 74.9% for women. 62% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 67 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 392 (44%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 381 (43%) · **■** Marginal 50 (6%)

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 Amdanga

- Napara2,661 people
- Rahana2,604 people
- Kuchiapara2,579 people
- Nima2,490 people
- Sadhanpur2,453 people
- Rampur2,395 people
- Kundapara2,390 people
- Mirhati2,369 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khandasharkara?2,485 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khandasharkara in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khandasharkara?76.6% (Census 2011)