# Khawasdih Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Khawasdih

Khawasdih is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **398 people in 74 households**, the 153rd largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 398people (2011)
- 74households
- 65.1%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khawasdih

Of every 100 households in Khawasdih in 2011, 13 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khawasdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**5%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****14%**

**41%

Television ****9%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

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 Khawasdih?

■ Khawasdih · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**957

Working population ****57.8%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 51.8% for women. 61% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 84 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 14 (6%) · **■** Marginal 131 (57%)

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 Barabazar

- Murgabera422 people
- Hatnadih420 people
- Narayanpur404 people
- Radhakristopur401 people
- Surigda393 people
- Singugara390 people
- Kuturkuma388 people
- Kerar374 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khawasdih?398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khawasdih in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khawasdih?65.1% (Census 2011)