# Kharsata Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Kharsata

Kharsata is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,168 people in 269 households**, the 91st largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,168people (2011)
- 269households
- 66.4%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Kharsata

Of every 100 households in Kharsata in 2011, 54 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Kharsata · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**32%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****23%**

**16%

Television ****36%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**32%

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 Kharsata?

■ Kharsata · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.4%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1138**

**955

Working population ****38.7%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.8% for men and 61.7% for women. 60% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 117 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 148 (33%) · **■** Other work 39 (9%) · **■** Marginal 148 (33%)

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 Itahar

- Abhinagar1,208 people
- Hematpur1,185 people
- Mohanbhuban1,182 people
- Bahadol1,174 people
- Paikpara1,159 people
- Mirzadighi1,158 people
- Bhadratha1,157 people
- Sripur1,152 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Kharsata?1,168 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Kharsata in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Kharsata?66.4% (Census 2011)