# Kathari Village, Basirhat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kathari

Kathari is a village in Basirhat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,302 people in 312 households**, the 41st largest of 59 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 72.1%.

- 1,302people (2011)
- 312households
- 72.7%literacy
- 938females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kathari

Of every 100 households in Kathari in 2011, 59 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kathari · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**70%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**25%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**19%

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

**4%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****6%**

**29%

Television ****25%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**26%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kathari?

■ Kathari · ■ Basirhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.7%**

**72.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****938**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****844**

**953

Working population ****31.4%**

**36.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 72.9% for women. 57% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 92 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 133 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 122 (30%) · **■** Marginal 61 (15%)

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 Basirhat - I

- Jirakpur1,580 people
- Dakshin Bagundi1,506 people
- Gachharati1,450 people
- Atkaria1,368 people
- Ramnagar1,300 people
- Byang Pukuria1,117 people
- Subidpur1,037 people
- Aswathakati1,006 people

[All 60 villages in Basirhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kathari?1,302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kathari in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kathari?72.7% (Census 2011)