# Roykhan Village, Haroa – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Haroa, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Roykhan

Roykhan is a village in Haroa sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,007 people in 497 households**, the 40th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 2,007people (2011)
- 497households
- 77.6%literacy
- 876females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Roykhan

Of every 100 households in Roykhan in 2011, 59 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Roykhan · ■ Haroa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**38%

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

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**15%

Tap water ****13%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****59%**

**39%

Television ****26%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****34%**

**31%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Roykhan?

■ Roykhan · ■ Haroa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.6%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****876**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**947

Working population ****32.5%**

**34.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.6% for men and 70.6% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 181 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 229 (35%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 178 (27%) · **■** Marginal 56 (9%)

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 Haroa

- Meherpur2,373 people
- Adampur2,353 people
- Bakjuri2,184 people
- Sadarpurbehala2,094 people
- Janarddanpur1,979 people
- Samla1,976 people
- Piyara1,899 people
- Kuchhia Mora1,846 people

[All 90 villages in Haroa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/haroa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Roykhan?2,007 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Roykhan in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Haroa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Roykhan?77.6% (Census 2011)