# Khirinda Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Khirinda

Khirinda is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,031 people in 475 households**, the 23rd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 2,031people (2011)
- 475households
- 73.9%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khirinda

Of every 100 households in Khirinda in 2011, 54 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khirinda · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****41%**

**60%

Television ****20%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Khirinda?

■ Khirinda · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.9%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**942

Working population ****49.5%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 65.5% for women. 59% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 447 (44%) · **■** Household industry 53 (5%) · **■** Other work 125 (12%) · **■** Marginal 229 (23%)

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 Pingla

- Mirupur2,309 people
- Chhota Khelna2,229 people
- Paschim Chak2,198 people
- Handal2,072 people
- Saharda1,966 people
- Keleyara1,910 people
- Sahara1,872 people
- Chandipur1,869 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khirinda?2,031 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khirinda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khirinda?73.9% (Census 2011)