# Khari Gerya Village, Potashpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Khari Gerya

Khari Gerya is a village in Potashpur - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,060 people in 220 households**, the 53rd largest of 136 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.3%.

- 1,060people (2011)
- 220households
- 79.0%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khari Gerya

Of every 100 households in Khari Gerya in 2011, 73 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khari Gerya · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**39%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****2%**

**46%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**0%

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

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Khari Gerya?

■ Khari Gerya · ■ Potashpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.0%**

**86.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**935

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****740**

**932

Working population ****56.1%**

**42.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.9% for men and 68.5% for women. 60% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 143 (24%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (4%) · **■** Marginal 299 (50%)

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

- Pusha1,110 people
- Bala Bhadrapur1,101 people
- Chistipur Bheri1,094 people
- Tarat1,090 people
- Argara1,035 people
- Hajipur1,020 people
- Agarpara1,005 people
- Naki Basan991 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 Khari Gerya?1,060 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khari Gerya in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khari Gerya?79.0% (Census 2011)