# Khikina Village, Contai - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Khikina

Khikina is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **344 people in 69 households**, the 161st largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 344people (2011)
- 69households
- 91.2%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khikina

Of every 100 households in Khikina in 2011, 20 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Khikina · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

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

**2%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****6%**

**43%

Television ****10%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****33%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Khikina?

■ Khikina · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.2%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**956

Working population ****27.6%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 87.2% for women. 52% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 17 (18%) · **■** Marginal 76 (80%)

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 Contai - I

- Baramushapur367 people
- Shribachhipur364 people
- Sarishaberya361 people
- Jugi Bar355 people
- Amadpur341 people
- Kanchuri324 people
- Dakshin Sherpur316 people
- Surghani314 people

[All 225 villages in Contai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khikina?344 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khikina in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khikina?91.2% (Census 2011)