# Khilkapur Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khilkapur

Khilkapur is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,501 people in 1,040 households**, the 10th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 4,501people (2011)
- 1,040households
- 86.8%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khilkapur

Of every 100 households in Khilkapur in 2011, 70 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Khilkapur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****70%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**15%

Tap water ****18%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**10%

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

**78%

Use banking services ****76%**

**46%

Television ****32%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**3%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Khilkapur?

■ Khilkapur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.8%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**940

Working population ****33.3%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 84.7% for women. 59% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 148 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 205 (14%) · **■** Household industry 32 (2%) · **■** Other work 735 (49%) · **■** Marginal 381 (25%)

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

- Jirat5,337 people
- Mandalganti5,151 people
- Barbaria4,764 people
- Pirgachha4,526 people
- Patincha4,474 people
- Sikdespukhuria4,355 people
- Maynagadi4,058 people
- Ula4,058 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 Khilkapur?4,501 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khilkapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khilkapur?86.8% (Census 2011)