# Khari Machan Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khari Machan

Khari Machan is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,704 people in 1,105 households**, the 19th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 5,704people (2011)
- 1,105households
- 52.0%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khari Machan

Of every 100 households in Khari Machan in 2011, 0 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khari Machan · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**57%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**0%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****4%**

**18%

Television ****2%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****78%**

**46%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Khari Machan?

■ Khari Machan · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**68.1%

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

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****998**

**971

Working population ****27.3%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.2% for men and 44.8% for women. 50% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 463 (30%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 144 (9%) · **■** Marginal 793 (51%)

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 Basanti

- Hiranmoypur6,562 people
- Bharatgar6,413 people
- Uttar Sonakhali6,202 people
- Amjhara6,179 people
- Birinchi Bari5,652 people
- Narayantala5,416 people
- Dakshin Mokamberia5,160 people
- Manasakhali5,019 people

[All 66 villages in Basanti](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/basanti/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khari Machan?5,704 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khari Machan in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khari Machan?52.0% (Census 2011)