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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Khurkhuria

Khurkhuria is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **255 people in 50 households**, the 178th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 255people (2011)
- 50households
- 64.0%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khurkhuria

Of every 100 households in Khurkhuria in 2011, 76 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Khurkhuria · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****76%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**82%

Tap water ****2%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****8%**

**34%

Television ****29%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Khurkhuria?

■ Khurkhuria · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.0%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****864**

**969

Working population ****33.3%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.6% for men and 60.6% for women. 57% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 32 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (51%) · **■** Other work 7 (8%) · **■** Marginal 3 (4%)

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

- Purba Shankarpur293 people
- Rasidpur286 people
- Haldibari284 people
- Karaipur278 people
- Kaluhar249 people
- Chak Lakshmi223 people
- Madanpur219 people
- Mahatair210 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khurkhuria?255 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khurkhuria in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khurkhuria?64.0% (Census 2011)