# Khatsara Village, Jaynagar - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Jaynagar - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Khatsara

Khatsara is a village in Jaynagar - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,847 people in 662 households**, the 25th largest of 65 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 72.2%.

- 2,847people (2011)
- 662households
- 86.2%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khatsara

Of every 100 households in Khatsara in 2011, 72 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 70 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khatsara · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**51%

Tap water ****7%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**3%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**90%

Use banking services ****54%**

**27%

Television ****47%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****70%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**42%

Own their home ****91%**

**96%

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 Khatsara?

■ Khatsara · ■ Jaynagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.2%**

**72.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1104**

**949

Working population ****37.7%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.7% for men and 79.4% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 125 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (6%) · **■** Household industry 11 (1%) · **■** Other work 818 (76%) · **■** Marginal 57 (5%)

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 Jaynagar - I

- Hatpara3,247 people
- Ramchandrapur3,214 people
- Sarberia3,154 people
- Joynagar2,879 people
- Narayani Tala2,839 people
- Nurulpur2,798 people
- Hogla2,723 people
- Goalberia2,697 people

[All 67 villages in Jaynagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/jaynagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khatsara?2,847 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khatsara in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Jaynagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khatsara?86.2% (Census 2011)