Kharikamathani
Kharikamathani (also written as Kharika Mathani) is a village and a gram panchayat in the Nayagram CD block in the Jhargram subdivision of the Jhargram district in the state of West Bengal, India. Geography. Location. Kharikamathani is located at . A bridge across the Subarnarekha River at Bhasraghat, connecting Keshiary and Nayagram CD blocks, was inaugurated by Mamata Banerjee, Chief Minister of West Bengal, on 10 February 2016. Area overview. Jhargram subdivision, the only one in Jhargram district, shown in the map alongside, is composed of hills, mounds and rolling lands. It is rather succinctly described in the "District Human  Development Report", 2011 (at that time it was part of Paschim Medinipur district), “The western boundary is more broken and picturesque, for the lower ranges of the Chhotanagpur Hills line the horizon, the jungle assumes the character of forest, and large trees begin to predominate. The soil, however, is lateritic, a considerable area is unproductive, almost uninhabited, especially in the extreme north-west where there are several hills over 1000 feet in height. The remainder of the country is an almost level plain broken only by the sand hills.”3.48% of the population lives in urban areas and 96.52% lives  in the rural areas. 20.11% of the total population belonged to scheduled castes and 29.37% belonged to scheduled tribes. Demographics. According to the 2011 Census of India, Kharika Mathani had a total population of 2,002, of which 1,011 (50%) were males and 991 (50%) were females. There were 194 persons in the age range of 0–6 years. The total number of literate persons in Kharika Mathani was 1,519 (84.02% of the population over 6 years). Healthcare-Nayagram Super Speciality Hospital is situated in the village. Kharikamathani Rural Hospital, with 30 beds at Kharikamathani, is the major government medical facility in  Nayagram CD block.