Kharui is a village in Illambazar mandal, Birbhum district, West Bengal, with a population of 1,121 spread across 252 households. The village has a literacy rate of 57.8% and PIN code 731124.
By population, Kharui ranks #61 of 133 villages in Illambazar mandal.
Source: Census of India 2011 (village PCA; mandal and district aggregates).
Kharui is a village of 1,121 people in 252 households (Census 2011) in Illambazar block, Birbhum district, West Bengal, the 61st-largest of 133 villages in Illambazar block. Literacy is 58%, 6 points below the block average of 64% and the sex ratio is 910 women per 1,000 men. It lies 170 km from the Birbhum district centre, 9 km from Derya Chak, the nearest town, 4 km from Kolaghat railway station (straight-line distances). The pincode is 731124, served by Hetampur Rajbati post office; the LGD village code is 317956. The nearest hospital or health centre is Popular Nursing Home, Medinipur East, 4 km away. The sarpanch is FARIDA BIBI, and the village votes in Bolpur assembly constituency, represented by MLA Chandranath Sinha. The population is estimated at 1,322 in 2026, up 18% since the 2011 Census.
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| village | Population | Literacy | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kharui · this village | 1,121 | 58% | — |
| Kharui · Sahid Matangini | 7,343 | 76% | 0 km N |
| Bansda · Sahid Matangini | 1,906 | 80% | 1.5 km SW |
| Gathra · Sahid Matangini | 4,348 | 75% | 1.9 km SW |
| Barnan · Sahid Matangini | 2,731 | 81% | 1.8 km W |
| New Char · Sahid Matangini | 0 | — | 2.1 km NE |
| Gujar Kharai · Sahid Matangini | 999 | 83% | 2 km SE |
Source: Census of India 2011, Village Directory. Facilities may have changed since.
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Sources: Office of the Registrar General & Census Commissioner of India (Census 2011 + Population Projections 2011-2036) · International Institute for Population Sciences (NFHS-5) · Election Commission of India · data.gov.in (Jal Jeevan Mission, PMAY-G, SBM-G dashboards). Projections may differ from on-the-ground reality by ±20% for individual villages. An asterisk next to a sex-ratio value (—*) flags a Census 2011 figure outside the plausible range of 300–2000 ♀/1000♂; the underlying source row is suppressed pending review.
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