# Kharu Village, Amdanga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kharu

Kharu is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,651 people in 349 households**, the 53rd largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 1,651people (2011)
- 349households
- 79.0%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharu

Of every 100 households in Kharu in 2011, 77 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kharu · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****77%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**18%

Tap water ****34%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****61%**

**50%

Television ****28%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Kharu?

■ Kharu · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**80.4%

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

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**969

Working population ****32.8%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 72.6% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 61 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 228 (42%) · **■** Other work 64 (12%) · **■** Marginal 188 (35%)

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

- Atghara1,791 people
- Shrirampur1,743 people
- Gajbanda1,713 people
- Chankia1,658 people
- Panchpota1,608 people
- Belu1,528 people
- Durlabhpur1,502 people
- Mahadebpur1,467 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 Kharu?1,651 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharu in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharu?79.0% (Census 2011)