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

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kharika

Kharika is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **324 people in 81 households**, the 128th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 324people (2011)
- 81households
- 82.5%literacy
- 988females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharika

Of every 100 households in Kharika in 2011, 79 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharika · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**37%

Television ****45%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**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 Kharika?

■ Kharika · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**81.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****988**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**959

Working population ****37.3%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 78.5% for women. 65% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 48 (40%) · **■** Farm labourers 42 (35%) · **■** Other work 12 (10%) · **■** Marginal 19 (16%)

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

- Gangadaspur365 people
- Islampur359 people
- Shyampur341 people
- Radhachak340 people
- Arajikrishnabati314 people
- Shyamchak311 people
- Krishnabati289 people
- Gopalnagar254 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharika?324 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharika in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharika?82.5% (Census 2011)