# Khar Gachhi Village, Bhangar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bhangar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khar Gachhi

Khar Gachhi is a village in Bhangar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,673 people in 913 households**, the 12th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 4,673people (2011)
- 913households
- 60.9%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khar Gachhi

Of every 100 households in Khar Gachhi in 2011, 35 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Khar Gachhi · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**48%

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

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**37%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****12%**

**28%

Television ****6%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****19%**

**23%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Khar Gachhi?

■ Khar Gachhi · ■ Bhangar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1008**

**962

Working population ****30.2%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.4% for men and 59.4% for women. 53% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 389 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 386 (27%) · **■** Household industry 14 (1%) · **■** Other work 292 (21%) · **■** Marginal 330 (23%)

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 Bhangar - I

- Ghatak Pukur5,048 people
- Satbaria5,019 people
- Chandaneswar4,980 people
- Kashinathpur4,688 people
- Kalikapur4,591 people
- Kharamba4,591 people
- Naora4,572 people
- Madhabpur4,369 people

[All 81 villages in Bhangar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/bhangar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khar Gachhi?4,673 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khar Gachhi in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Bhangar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khar Gachhi?60.9% (Census 2011)