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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Khempur

Khempur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,101 people in 208 households**, the 126th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 43.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,101people (2011)
- 208households
- 43.8%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khempur

Of every 100 households in Khempur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Khempur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**78%

Tap water ****5%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****39%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**19%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**28%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Khempur?

■ Khempur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****43.8%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**943

Working population ****52.0%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.0% for men and 37.4% for women. 55% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 357 (62%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 6 (1%) · **■** Marginal 173 (30%)

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

- Bosara1,125 people
- Pothimari1,122 people
- Bhandarbari1,110 people
- Bishunpur1,106 people
- Ghordha1,095 people
- Chandargaon1,080 people
- Lodipur1,067 people
- Kalibari1,051 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khempur?1,101 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khempur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khempur?43.8% (Census 2011)