# Khandakhola Village, Panskura, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Panskura, Purba Medinipur 

# Khandakhola

Khandakhola is a village in Panskura sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,720 people in 596 households**, the 16th largest of 225 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.7%.

- 2,720people (2011)
- 596households
- 89.7%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khandakhola

Of every 100 households in Khandakhola in 2011, 72 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khandakhola · ■ Panskura rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**63%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****21%**

**22%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**93%

Use banking services ****62%**

**36%

Television ****28%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**15%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Khandakhola?

■ Khandakhola · ■ Panskura rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.7%**

**83.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**949

Working population ****44.5%**

**45.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 83.8% for women. 60% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 156 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 169 (14%) · **■** Household industry 325 (27%) · **■** Other work 326 (27%) · **■** Marginal 235 (19%)

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 Panskura

- Uttar Mechgram3,072 people
- Dakshin Mechgram2,832 people
- Joykrishnapur2,765 people
- Paschim Chilka2,745 people
- Purbba Chilka2,713 people
- Haur2,701 people
- Radha Krishnapur2,684 people
- Bijayram Chak2,625 people

[All 230 villages in Panskura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/panskura/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khandakhola?2,720 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khandakhola in?Purba Medinipur district (Panskura sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khandakhola?89.7% (Census 2011)