Kharisa 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 ...

Kolaghat Kolaghat ( bn, কোলাঘাট) is a census town in Kolaghat CD Block, Tamluk subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography Location Kolaghat is located at . It is located in the Panskura& ...

CD block in

Tamluk subdivision Tamluk subdivision is a subdivision of the Purba Medinipur district in the state of West Bengal, India. It under Burdwan division. Subdivisions Purba Medinipur district is divided into the following administrative subdivisions: Administrati ...

Purba Medinipur district Purba Medinipur (English: ''East Medinipur'', alternative spelling ''Midnapore'') district is an administrative unit in the Indian state of West Bengal. It is the southernmost district of Medinipur division – one of the five administrative d ...

in the state of

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Geography

Location

Kharisa is located at .

Urbanisation

94.08% of the population of Tamluk subdivision live in the rural areas. Only 5.92% of the population live in the urban areas, and that is the second lowest proportion of urban population amongst the four subdivisions in Purba Medinipur district, just above Egra subdivision. Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the subdivision. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Demographics

As per

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 ...

Kharisa had a total population of 4,120 of which 2,088 (51%) were males and 2,032 (49%) were females. Population below 6 years was 344. The total number of literates in Kharisa was 3,437 (91.02% of the population over 6 years).

Infrastructure

As per the District Census Handbook 2011, Kharisha covered an area of 1.3116 km². It had the facility of a railway station at

Mecheda Mecheda is a town in Shahid Matangini Block in West Bengal, India. The town is the entrance point of Purba Medinipur Dist. which lies upon the South Eastern Railway Zone and in proximity to Haldia, Tamluk, Digha and Contai, Egra. Education Me ...

1.5 km away and bus route in the town. Amongst the civic amenities it had 37 road lighting points and 431 domestic electric connections. Amongst the medical facilities it had a hospital with 30 beds nearby and 8 medicine shops in the town. Amongst the educational facilities it had were 2 primary schools, 1 middle school, 1 secondary school and 1 senior secondary school in the town. The nearest degree college was at

Tamluk Tamluk () is a town and a municipality in the Indian States and territories of India, state of West Bengal. It is the headquarters of the Purba Medinipur district. Though there is some controversy, scholars have generally agreed that present ...

15 km away. Amongst the recreational and cultural facilities a cinema theatre and auditorium/ community hall were there at Mecheda 1.5 km away and a public library and a reading room in the town.

Transport

A short stretch of local roads links Kharisha to

National Highway 16 Route 16, or Highway 16, can refer to: International * AH16, Asian Highway 16 * European route E16 * European route E016 Australia - Thompsons Road (Victoria) - South Australia Canada ;Parts of the Trans-Canada Highway: *Yellowhe ...

(Kolkata-Chennai Highway, with links to the highway leading to Mumbai).Google maps

References

{{Purba Medinipur District Cities and towns in Purba Medinipur district