# Kharigeria Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kharigeria

Kharigeria is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **120 people in 32 households**, the 137th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 120people (2011)
- 32households
- 96.5%literacy
- 1,034females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharigeria

Of every 100 households in Kharigeria in 2011, 78 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharigeria · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**50%

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

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**13%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****28%**

**37%

Television ****25%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****3%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Kharigeria?

■ Kharigeria · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.5%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1034**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**959

Working population ****29.2%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 100.0% for men and 93.1% for women. 54% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 28 (80%) · **■** Other work 3 (9%) · **■** Marginal 4 (11%)

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 Ghatal

- Kalichak248 people
- Kalisa208 people
- Dharmmapur172 people
- Lalkundu129 people
- Bheribalaramkundu92 people
- Patharchak Gobindapur86 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharigeria?120 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharigeria in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharigeria?96.5% (Census 2011)