# Khairi Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Khairi

Khairi is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **594 people in 125 households**, the 81st largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 594people (2011)
- 125households
- 64.2%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khairi

Of every 100 households in Khairi in 2011, 16 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khairi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**8%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**80%

Use banking services ****6%**

**30%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****48%**

**35%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Khairi?

■ Khairi · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.2%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**973

Working population ****42.6%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.9% for men and 49.8% for women. 48% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 17 (7%) · **■** Household industry 44 (17%) · **■** Other work 37 (15%) · **■** Marginal 155 (61%)

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 Jhalda - II

- Rahan626 people
- Chirugara622 people
- Mahuda618 people
- Poradi609 people
- Bagda586 people
- Dulmi586 people
- Bingdaru582 people
- Amra556 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khairi?594 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khairi in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khairi?64.2% (Census 2011)