# Kharigerya Village, Kharagpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Kharigerya

Kharigerya is a village in Kharagpur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **262 people in 63 households**, the 204th largest of 330 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 76.1%.

- 262people (2011)
- 63households
- 95.8%literacy
- 1,015females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharigerya

Of every 100 households in Kharigerya in 2011, 98 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 27 cooked with LPG; 84 had a mobile phone, 23 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharigerya · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****98%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**49%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**50%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****27%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**94%

Use banking services ****81%**

**42%

Television ****58%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****84%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****23%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**26%

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 Kharigerya?

■ Kharigerya · ■ Kharagpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.8%**

**76.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1015**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1364**

**970

Working population ****34.0%**

**43.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.3% for men and 93.2% for women. 67% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 42 (47%) · **■** Farm labourers 15 (17%) · **■** Other work 31 (35%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Kharagpur - II

- Mahadiya269 people
- Gharbarpur265 people
- Haldi265 people
- Madarchak Urf Ashudchak264 people
- Barbete258 people
- Rampur258 people
- Durgapur East257 people
- Maguria257 people

[All 353 villages in Kharagpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharigerya?262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharigerya in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharigerya?95.8% (Census 2011)