# Khatsa Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Khatsa

Khatsa is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,697 people in 393 households**, the 41st largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 1,697people (2011)
- 393households
- 69.1%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khatsa

Of every 100 households in Khatsa in 2011, 32 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khatsa · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**96%

Use banking services ****19%**

**34%

Television ****22%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Khatsa?

■ Khatsa · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.1%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1226**

**969

Working population ****48.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 58.8% for women. 58% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 216 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 192 (23%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 130 (16%) · **■** Marginal 284 (34%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Nasirhat1,791 people
- Balas1,771 people
- Lakshmipur1,729 people
- Baruna1,721 people
- Purgram1,668 people
- Keotan1,639 people
- Lohatara1,594 people
- Chandail1,557 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khatsa?1,697 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khatsa in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khatsa?69.1% (Census 2011)