Places in the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision in Cooch Behar district CT: census town, M: municipal town, R: rural/ urban centre, H: historical/ religious centre Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly
The map alongside shows the north-central part of the district. It has the highest level of urbanisation in an overwhelming rural district. 22.08% of the population of the Cooch Behar Sadar subdivision lives in the urban areas and 77.92% lives in the rural areas.[3] The entire district forms the flat alluvial flood plains of mighty rivers.[4]
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 the 2011 Census of India, Kharimala Khagrabari had a total population of 7,844. There were 3,936 (50%) males and 3,906 (50%) females. There were 666 persons in the age range of 0 to 6 years. The total number of literate people in Kharimala Khagribari was 6,461 (90.01% of the population over 6 years).[5]
As of the 2001 India census,[6] Kharimala Khagrabari had a population of 7214. Males and females each constituted 50% of the population. Kharimala Khagrabari had an average literacy rate of 77%, higher than the national average of 59.5%; male literacy was 81%, and female literacy was 73%. In Kharimala Khagrabari, 10% of the population was under 6 years of age.
Infrastructure
According to the District Census Handbook 2011, Koch Bihar, Kharimala Khagrabari covered an area of 3.8 km2. Among the civic amenities, it had 7 km roads with open drains, the protected water supply involved overhead tank, hand pump, and an uncovered well. It had 1,100 electric connections, 70 road lighting points. Among the medical facilities the nearest dispensary/ health centre was 2 km away, it had 7 medicine shops in town. Among the educational facilities it had 3 primary schools, 1 middle schools, 3 secondary schools, 3 senior secondary schools, the nearest general degree college at Cooch Behar 2 km away. Among the social, cultural and recreational facilities, it had 1 orphanage, 1 public library, 1 reading room. Important commodities it produced were handloom and bidis. It had the branch of 1 agricultural credit society.[7]
^"District Census Handbook Koch Bihar, Census of India 2011, Series 20, Part XII A"(PDF). Section II Town Directory, Pages 593-594 : Statement I: Status and Growth History, Pages 595: Statement II: Physical Aspects and Location of Towns, Pages 595-596: Statement III: Civic and other Amenities, Page 597: Statement IV: Medical Facilities 2009, Pages 598-599: Statement V: Educational, Recreational and Cultural Facilities, Page 600: Statement VI:Industry and Banking. Directorate of Census Operations V, West Bengal. Retrieved 29 July 2020.
