# Khagda Village, Chandipur, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur 

# Khagda

Khagda is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,827 people in 967 households**, the 5th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 4,827people (2011)
- 967households
- 87.1%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khagda

Of every 100 households in Khagda in 2011, 28 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khagda · ■ Chandipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****82%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****17%**

**8%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**4%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****47%**

**30%

Television ****15%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khagda?

■ Khagda · ■ Chandipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.1%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1003**

**925

Working population ****30.5%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 82.9% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 54 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (8%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 415 (28%) · **■** Marginal 873 (59%)

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 Chandipur

- Brajalal Chak9,612 people
- Nandapur7,397 people
- Bara Ghuni7,000 people
- Kulbari6,906 people
- Jalpai Part I4,042 people
- Dhusia3,952 people
- Muradpur3,753 people
- Jalpai Part II3,627 people

[All 112 villages in Chandipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/chandipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khagda?4,827 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khagda in?Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khagda?87.1% (Census 2011)