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

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Village · Contai - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Uttarkhasda

Uttarkhasda is a village in Contai - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,315 people in 301 households**, the 32nd largest of 221 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 95.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.3%.

- 1,315people (2011)
- 301households
- 95.3%literacy
- 914females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttarkhasda

Of every 100 households in Uttarkhasda in 2011, 32 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Uttarkhasda · ■ Contai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**91%

Use banking services ****10%**

**43%

Television ****9%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**25%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Uttarkhasda?

■ Uttarkhasda · ■ Contai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****95.3%**

**89.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****914**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1052**

**956

Working population ****31.6%**

**36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.2% for men and 91.0% for women. 57% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 143 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (2%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 43 (10%) · **■** Marginal 218 (52%)

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

- Krishna Khayartibar1,521 people
- Pania1,497 people
- Tentulmuri1,491 people
- Barbarya1,352 people
- Band Gobindapur1,311 people
- Sahajadapur1,291 people
- Natdighi1,286 people
- Beltalya1,257 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 Uttarkhasda?1,315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttarkhasda in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttarkhasda?95.3% (Census 2011)