# Khanta Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Khanta

Khanta is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,457 people in 1,324 households**, the 5th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 6,457people (2011)
- 1,324households
- 63.1%literacy
- 909females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khanta

Of every 100 households in Khanta in 2011, 47 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Khanta · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**78%

Tap water ****4%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****90%**

**96%

Use banking services ****37%**

**19%

Television ****30%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**28%

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 Khanta?

■ Khanta · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****909**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**943

Working population ****35.8%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.0% for men and 54.5% for women. 52% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 338 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 619 (27%) · **■** Household industry 116 (5%) · **■** Other work 795 (34%) · **■** Marginal 445 (19%)

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 Karandighi

- Jujharpur8,665 people
- Raghopur8,434 people
- Gopalpur7,109 people
- Raniganj6,609 people
- Bagela6,122 people
- Sabdhan5,834 people
- Bajargaon5,296 people
- Kochara5,256 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khanta?6,457 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khanta in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khanta?63.1% (Census 2011)