Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur
# Khodkol

Khodkol is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,045 people in 223 households, the 47th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.
- 1,045 people (2011)
- 223 households
- 79.8% literacy
- 968 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khodkol

Of every 100 households in Khodkol in 2011, 70 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khodkol · ■ Egra - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 70% 46%
- Toilet within the home 87% 88%
- No toilet (open defecation) 13% 10%
- Tap water 3% 12%
- Drinking water within premises 47% 40%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 96%
- Use banking services 32% 37%
- Television 6% 15%
- Mobile phone 18% 44%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 55% 26%
- Own their home 100% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Khodkol?

■ Khodkol · ■ Egra - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.8% 82.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 968 933
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 931 926
- Working population 34.7% 43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 70.5% for women. 59% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 134 (37%) · ■ Farm labourers 166 (46%) · ■ Household industry 7 (2%) · ■ Other work 5 (1%) · ■ Marginal 51 (14%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Egra - I
- Sannihari 1,125 people
- Shikra Chakadei 1,078 people
- Satkhanda 1,074 people
- Bilbara 1,057 people
- Biharipur 1,015 people
- Gahabi 1,014 people
- Rayda 1,001 people
- Telami 969 people

All 133 villages in Egra - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Khodkol? 1,045 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khodkol in? Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khodkol? 79.8% (Census 2011)

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