# Kharo Village, Habra - I – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Habra - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kharo

Kharo is a village in Habra - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,407 people in 812 households**, the 19th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 3,407people (2011)
- 812households
- 80.5%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharo

Of every 100 households in Kharo in 2011, 59 had electricity, 83 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 63 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kharo · ■ Habra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****83%**

**84%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**88%

Use banking services ****61%**

**42%

Television ****39%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****63%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

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

**23%

Own their home ****97%**

**95%

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 Kharo?

■ Kharo · ■ Habra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**936

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1014**

**943

Working population ****42.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 74.4% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 151 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 155 (11%) · **■** Household industry 182 (13%) · **■** Other work 576 (40%) · **■** Marginal 384 (27%)

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 Habra - I

- Bamhati3,653 people
- Nangla3,605 people
- Rudrapur3,572 people
- Baluigachhi3,534 people
- Rautara3,178 people
- Saltia3,100 people
- Maligram2,988 people
- Beleni2,937 people

[All 55 villages in Habra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/habra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharo?3,407 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharo in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Habra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharo?80.5% (Census 2011)