# Kharika Patna Village, Potashpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Kharika Patna

Kharika Patna is a village in Potashpur - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,154 people in 247 households**, the 54th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,154people (2011)
- 247households
- 80.5%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharika Patna

Of every 100 households in Kharika Patna in 2011, 56 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharika Patna · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**94%

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

**5%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****53%**

**24%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**97%

Use banking services ****45%**

**36%

Television ****22%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**21%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Kharika Patna?

■ Kharika Patna · ■ Potashpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**86.5%

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

**938

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**943

Working population ****28.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 70.6% for women. 53% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 37 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 81 (25%) · **■** Household industry 10 (3%) · **■** Other work 137 (42%) · **■** Marginal 63 (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 Potashpur - II

- Satsanda1,218 people
- Ichhabari1,202 people
- Tania Bila1,169 people
- Mangalpur1,161 people
- Kainara1,118 people
- Laoa1,118 people
- Uttarchounukh1,089 people
- Mangraj1,024 people

[All 151 villages in Potashpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/potashpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharika Patna?1,154 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharika Patna in?Purba Medinipur district (Potashpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharika Patna?80.5% (Census 2011)