# Kharikagora Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Kharikagora

Kharikagora is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **789 people in 134 households**, the 84th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 789people (2011)
- 134households
- 58.5%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharikagora

Of every 100 households in Kharikagora in 2011, 6 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharikagora · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****0%**

**50%

Television ****4%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**21%

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 Kharikagora?

■ Kharikagora · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**937

Working population ****57.5%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 40.9% for women. 60% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 70 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (11%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 322 (71%)

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 Kashipur

- Painja830 people
- Dhopahari817 people
- Jiara817 people
- Kalyajhor813 people
- Gopalpur768 people
- Chapri759 people
- Phusura757 people
- Liya755 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharikagora?789 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharikagora in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharikagora?58.5% (Census 2011)