Village · Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur
# Kharika Mathani

Kharika Mathani is a village in Nayagram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,002 people in 424 households, the 6th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.
- 2,002 people (2011)
- 424 households
- 84.0% literacy
- 980 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharika Mathani

Of every 100 households in Kharika Mathani in 2011, 66 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 26 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Kharika Mathani · ■ Nayagram rural average
- Electricity for lighting 66% 29%
- Toilet within the home 49% 11%
- No toilet (open defecation) 50% 88%
- Tap water 6% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 43% 20%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 18% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 82% 96%
- Use banking services 70% 18%
- Television 50% 7%
- Mobile phone 68% 18%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 26% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 0%
- None of these assets 12% 21%
- Own their home 93% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Kharika Mathani?

■ Kharika Mathani · ■ Nayagram rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 84.0% 63.7%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 980 988
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1109 963
- Working population 35.6% 49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 78.6% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 11 (2%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (0%) · ■ Household industry 13 (2%) · ■ Other work 335 (47%) · ■ Marginal 352 (49%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Nayagram
- Bachhur Khoyar 2,765 people
- Kalma Pukhuria 2,724 people
- Dol Gram 2,454 people
- Nayagram 2,300 people
- Kamala Pur 1,924 people
- Dhumsai 1,831 people
- Tuphria 1,523 people
- Dhoba Gobindapur 1,417 people

All 336 villages in Nayagram

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Kharika Mathani? 2,002 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharika Mathani in? Paschim Medinipur district (Nayagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharika Mathani? 84.0% (Census 2011)

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