# Kumarkhali Village, Basanti – Population & Literacy

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Village · Basanti, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Kumarkhali

Kumarkhali is a village in Basanti sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **12,021 people in 2,493 households**, the 7th largest of 64 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 12,021people (2011)
- 2,493households
- 58.8%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kumarkhali

Of every 100 households in Kumarkhali in 2011, 7 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Kumarkhali · ■ Basanti rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**57%

Tap water ****10%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****22%**

**18%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****31%**

**46%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Kumarkhali?

■ Kumarkhali · ■ Basanti rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****986**

**971

Working population ****39.5%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.8% for men and 50.6% for women. 54% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 449 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 833 (18%) · **■** Household industry 192 (4%) · **■** Other work 632 (13%) · **■** Marginal 2,642 (56%)

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

- Phul Malancha14,614 people
- Kathalberia14,113 people
- Char Bidyarabad13,035 people
- Goran Bose12,642 people
- Sonakhali10,582 people
- Dhuri9,411 people
- Chunakhali9,241 people
- Tilkumar8,943 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 Kumarkhali?12,021 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kumarkhali in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Basanti sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kumarkhali?58.8% (Census 2011)