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

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Khowaspur

Khowaspur is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,799 people in 532 households**, the 38th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 2,799people (2011)
- 532households
- 38.2%literacy
- 1,019females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khowaspur

Of every 100 households in Khowaspur in 2011, 28 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Khowaspur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**78%

Tap water ****10%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****45%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****12%**

**19%

Television ****9%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**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 Khowaspur?

■ Khowaspur · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.2%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1019**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1051**

**943

Working population ****34.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 40.2% for men and 36.2% for women. 45% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 181 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 227 (23%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 264 (27%) · **■** Marginal 291 (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

- Purba Maheshpur3,003 people
- Keshopur2,862 people
- Dakshin Murhil2,848 people
- Rudel2,800 people
- Kailara2,797 people
- Choprabari2,772 people
- Kamat2,766 people
- Chaunagara2,606 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khowaspur?2,799 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khowaspur in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khowaspur?38.2% (Census 2011)