Kharia is a

census town In India and some other countries, a census town is designated as a town that satisfies certain characteristics. India In India, a census town is one which is not statutorily notified and administered as a town, but nevertheless whose population ...

and a

gram panchayat Gram Panchayat () is a basic village-governing institute in Indian villages. It is a democratic structure at the grass-roots level in India. It is a political institute, acting as cabinet of the village. The Gram Sabha work as the general bod ...

in the

Jalpaiguri Jalpaiguri is a city in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Jalpaiguri district as well as of the Jalpaiguri division of West Bengal, covering the jurisdiction of the five districts of North Bengal. The city is loca ...

CD block in the

Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision Jalpaiguri Sadar subdivision is an administrative division of the Jalpaiguri district in the Indian state of West Bengal. Geography Subdivisions Jalpaiguri district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrative ...

of the

Jalpaiguri district Jalpaiguri district () is a district of the Indian state of West Bengal. The district was established in 1869 during British Raj. The headquarters of the district are in the city of Jalpaiguri, which is also the divisional headquarters of No ...

in the state of

West Bengal West Bengal (, Bengali: ''Poshchim Bongo'', , abbr. WB) is a state in the eastern portion of India. It is situated along the Bay of Bengal, along with a population of over 91 million inhabitants within an area of . West Bengal is the fourt ...

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Geography

Location

Kharia is located at . The map of the Jalpaiguri CD block on page 393 in the ''District Census Handbook, Jalpaiguri, 2011 census,'' shows Kharia spread around the west side of Jalpauguri city.

Demographics

According to the

2011 Census of India The 2011 Census of India or the 15th Indian Census was conducted in two phases, house listing and population enumeration. The House listing phase began on 1 April 2010 and involved the collection of information about all buildings. Information ...

, Kharia had a total population of 61,661 of which 31,510 (51%) were males and 30,151 (49%) were females. There were 6,666 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Kharia was 43,498 (79.09% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

According to the ''District Census Handbook 2011, Jalpaiguri'', Kharia covered an area of 58.0255 km². Among the civic amenities, the protected water supply involved tap water from untreated sources, hand pump. It had 5,886 domestic electric connections. Among the medical facilities it had 13 dispensary/ health centres, 3 family welfare centres, 1 maternity and child welfare centre, 2 veterinary hospitals, 13 medicine shops. Among the educational facilities it had 27 primary schools, 6 middle schools, 9 secondary schools, 5 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at

6 km away. It had 13 non-formal education centres (Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan).

References

Cities and towns in Jalpaiguri district {{Jalpaiguri-geo-stub