# Kharui Village, Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Sahid Matangini, Purba Medinipur 

# Kharui

Kharui is a village in Sahid Matangini sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **7,343 people in 1,602 households**, the 1st largest of 81 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 86.8%.

- 7,343people (2011)
- 1,602households
- 85.0%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharui

Of every 100 households in Kharui in 2011, 76 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Kharui · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**68%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**74%

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

**21%

Tap water ****9%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**89%

Use banking services ****42%**

**38%

Television ****33%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Kharui?

■ Kharui · ■ Sahid Matangini rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.0%**

**86.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****935**

**955

Working population ****38.6%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 78.5% for women. 62% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 284 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 157 (6%) · **■** Household industry 183 (6%) · **■** Other work 1,333 (47%) · **■** Marginal 879 (31%)

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 Sahid Matangini

- Uttar Dhalhara7,150 people
- Janu Basan5,363 people
- Baragechhe4,981 people
- Chatara4,868 people

[All 86 villages in Sahid Matangini](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/sahid-matangini/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharui?7,343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharui in?Purba Medinipur district (Sahid Matangini sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharui?85.0% (Census 2011)