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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Khatanga

Khatanga is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,065 people in 201 households**, the 43rd largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,065people (2011)
- 201households
- 60.0%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khatanga

Of every 100 households in Khatanga in 2011, 17 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Khatanga · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**96%

Tap water ****17%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****39%**

**30%

Television ****8%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**35%

Own their home ****89%**

**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 Khatanga?

■ Khatanga · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.0%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1206**

**973

Working population ****37.9%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 43.7% for women. 46% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 155 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 22 (5%) · **■** Other work 60 (15%) · **■** Marginal 163 (40%)

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

- Panrra1,225 people
- Chatrani1,157 people
- Harbaha1,078 people
- Chamchaka1,075 people
- Sarjumhatu1,042 people
- Guridi1,008 people
- Nalkapi982 people
- Hetbatari973 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khatanga?1,065 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khatanga in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khatanga?60.0% (Census 2011)