# Khagda Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Khagda

Khagda is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,149 people in 922 households**, the 7th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 4,149people (2011)
- 922households
- 88.6%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khagda

Of every 100 households in Khagda in 2011, 42 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khagda · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****95%**

**94%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****24%**

**33%

Television ****12%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**32%

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 · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.6%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****892**

**953

Working population ****35.8%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.8% for men and 81.9% for women. 58% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 376 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 445 (30%) · **■** Other work 241 (16%) · **■** Marginal 425 (29%)

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 Egra - II

- Basudebpur9,129 people
- Tajpur5,672 people
- Khejurda5,265 people
- Erenda4,208 people
- Uttar Daidpur4,133 people
- Bathuari4,127 people
- Shyamhari Bar4,106 people
- Bhatda3,991 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khagda?4,149 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khagda in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khagda?88.6% (Census 2011)