# Kharan Village, Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Kharan

Kharan is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,198 people in 505 households**, the 20th largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 2,198people (2011)
- 505households
- 83.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharan

Of every 100 households in Kharan in 2011, 14 had electricity, 95 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharan · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**39%

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

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****73%**

**46%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Kharan?

■ Kharan · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**932

Working population ****44.6%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 77.3% for women. 61% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 81 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 271 (28%) · **■** Other work 38 (4%) · **■** Marginal 590 (60%)

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 Potashpur - I

- Teparpara2,505 people
- Shyam Khola2,497 people
- Goyalda2,318 people
- Makrampur2,293 people
- Purba Amarshi2,175 people
- Bhagabanpur2,105 people
- Saridaspur2,101 people
- Padima1,879 people

[All 139 villages in Potashpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharan?2,198 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharan in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharan?83.9% (Census 2011)