# Khaga Village, Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bhagawanpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Khaga

Khaga is a village in Bhagawanpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,418 people in 296 households**, the 57th largest of 164 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 88.4%.

- 1,418people (2011)
- 296households
- 95.5%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khaga

Of every 100 households in Khaga in 2011, 52 had electricity, 51 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khaga · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****51%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**10%

Tap water ****54%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**38%

Television ****8%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**33%

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 Khaga?

■ Khaga · ■ Bhagawanpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.5%**

**88.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**934

Working population ****53.7%**

**38.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.1% for men and 92.8% for women. 58% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 181 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (3%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (2%) · **■** Marginal 539 (71%)

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 Bhagawanpur - I

- Nilkanta Pur1,533 people
- Banlauri1,518 people
- Mabarakpur1,511 people
- Jana Danri1,421 people
- Manoharpur1,402 people
- Paschim Masuria1,353 people
- Sankarpur1,343 people
- Kotlauri1,328 people

[All 165 villages in Bhagawanpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/bhagawanpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khaga?1,418 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khaga in?Purba Medinipur district (Bhagawanpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khaga?95.5% (Census 2011)