# Khajuri Village, Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Khajuri

Khajuri is a village in Khejuri - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,471 people in 1,398 households**, the 2nd largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 7,471people (2011)
- 1,398households
- 82.6%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khajuri

Of every 100 households in Khajuri in 2011, 6 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Khajuri · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****8%**

**9%

Tap water ****13%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**96%

Use banking services ****36%**

**36%

Television ****5%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****26%**

**28%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Khajuri?

■ Khajuri · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****917**

**977

Working population ****30.1%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 76.5% for women. 53% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 160 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 183 (8%) · **■** Household industry 206 (9%) · **■** Other work 1,161 (52%) · **■** Marginal 538 (24%)

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 Khejuri - II

- Dekhali9,619 people
- Serkhan Chak7,347 people
- Pankhai4,269 people
- Chauddha Chuli3,903 people
- Maldaha3,885 people

[All 99 villages in Khejuri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khajuri?7,471 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khajuri in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khajuri?82.6% (Census 2011)