# Khulna Village, Sandeshkhali - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khulna

Khulna is a village in Sandeshkhali - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,958 people in 1,389 households**, the 16th largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.0%.

- 5,958people (2011)
- 1,389households
- 77.5%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khulna

Of every 100 households in Khulna in 2011, 19 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Khulna · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**8%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**41%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**12%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****66%**

**33%

Television ****9%**

**5%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**58%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Khulna?

■ Khulna · ■ Sandeshkhali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**71.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****971**

**997

Working population ****37.4%**

**38.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.4% for men and 69.2% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 266 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 475 (21%) · **■** Household industry 25 (1%) · **■** Other work 200 (9%) · **■** Marginal 1,261 (57%)

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 Sandeshkhali - II

- Dhuchnikhali7,266 people
- Korakati6,695 people
- Sitalia6,092 people
- Hatgachha5,960 people
- Atapur5,287 people
- Jeliakhali Purba Khanda5,084 people
- Sukhdoani4,481 people
- Gabbaria3,841 people

[All 24 villages in Sandeshkhali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/sandeshkhali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khulna?5,958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khulna in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khulna?77.5% (Census 2011)