# Kharakpur Village, Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Jamboni, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kharakpur

Kharakpur is a village in Jamboni sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **512 people in 131 households**, the 65th largest of 281 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.6%.

- 512people (2011)
- 131households
- 61.9%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharakpur

Of every 100 households in Kharakpur in 2011, 30 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 2 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Kharakpur · ■ Jamboni rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**89%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**26%

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

**2%

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

**98%

Use banking services ****41%**

**25%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****2%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**23%

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 Kharakpur?

■ Kharakpur · ■ Jamboni rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.9%**

**72.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**965

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**960

Working population ****32.0%**

**45.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 47.7% for women. 42% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 7 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (7%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 7 (4%) · **■** Marginal 138 (84%)

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 Jamboni

- Swargachhira527 people
- Shanr Dhara522 people
- Itamara515 people
- Sholenda513 people
- Bhursan497 people
- Degaria495 people
- Oro492 people
- Mal Bandi485 people

[All 338 villages in Jamboni](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/jamboni/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharakpur?512 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharakpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Jamboni sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharakpur?61.9% (Census 2011)