# Kharidanga Village, Basirhat - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basirhat - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kharidanga

Kharidanga is a village in Basirhat - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,938 people in 457 households**, the 41st largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,938people (2011)
- 457households
- 72.1%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharidanga

Of every 100 households in Kharidanga in 2011, 54 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kharidanga · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**50%

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

**72%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**22%

Tap water ****23%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**33%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****82%**

**41%

Television ****33%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Kharidanga?

■ Kharidanga · ■ Basirhat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****767**

**969

Working population ****30.1%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 65.1% for women. 53% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (9%) · **■** Household industry 13 (2%) · **■** Other work 120 (21%) · **■** Marginal 315 (54%)

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 - II

- Joypur Gopmahal2,334 people
- Uttar Debipur2,089 people
- Dugbaria2,074 people
- Chak Kalikapur1,950 people
- Bakpukhuria1,875 people
- Karulia1,831 people
- Chak Farasatpur1,769 people
- Swaruppur1,687 people

[All 67 villages in Basirhat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/basirhat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharidanga?1,938 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharidanga in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Basirhat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharidanga?72.1% (Census 2011)