# Kharki Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kharki

Kharki is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,391 people in 502 households**, the 28th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,391people (2011)
- 502households
- 76.2%literacy
- 936females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharki

Of every 100 households in Kharki in 2011, 31 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kharki · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**15%

Tap water ****9%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**53%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**78%

Use banking services ****27%**

**46%

Television ****3%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**3%

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

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**92%

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 Kharki?

■ Kharki · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****936**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1093**

**940

Working population ****29.9%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.1% for men and 77.3% for women. 54% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 124 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 453 (63%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 77 (11%) · **■** Marginal 57 (8%)

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 Barasat - I

- Santoshpur2,628 people
- Narasinghapur2,553 people
- Jafarpur2,548 people
- Dubgaria2,409 people
- Jaypur2,366 people
- Maliakur2,343 people
- Naksa2,301 people
- Moch Pol2,254 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharki?2,391 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharki in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharki?76.2% (Census 2011)