# Kharakhai Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kharakhai

Kharakhai is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **504 people in 119 households**, the 114th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 504people (2011)
- 119households
- 74.0%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharakhai

Of every 100 households in Kharakhai in 2011, 24 had electricity, 42 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharakhai · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****42%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****54%**

**59%

Tap water ****9%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**39%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**97%

Use banking services ****24%**

**62%

Television ****19%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Kharakhai?

■ Kharakhai · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1043**

**963

Working population ****66.5%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 62.4% for women. 69% of men and 64% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 53 (16%) · **■** Household industry 16 (5%) · **■** Other work 13 (4%) · **■** Marginal 196 (59%)

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 Dantan - I

- Dhalhara542 people
- Bahalia533 people
- Markundapur528 people
- Mirzapur514 people
- Kusturia485 people
- Raisima Uttar483 people
- Madhu Baicha459 people
- Uchitpur432 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharakhai?504 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharakhai in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharakhai?74.0% (Census 2011)