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Kharkan Population - Mandi, Himachal Pradesh

Kharkan is a medium size village located in Karsog Tehsil of Mandi district, Himachal Pradesh with total 40 families residing. The Kharkan village has population of 233 of which 122 are males while 111 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharkan village population of children with age 0-6 is 33 which makes up 14.16 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharkan village is 910 which is lower than Himachal Pradesh state average of 972. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharkan as per census is 650, lower than Himachal Pradesh average of 909.

Kharkan village has lower literacy rate compared to Himachal Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharkan village was 74.00 % compared to 82.80 % of Himachal Pradesh. In Kharkan Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 64.29 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kharkan village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Kharkan village.

Kharkan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 40 - -
Population 233 122 111
Child (0-6) 33 20 13
Schedule Caste 147 83 64
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.00 % 83.33 % 64.29 %
Total Workers 205 106 99
Main Worker 14 - -
Marginal Worker 191 96 95

Caste Factor

In Kharkan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.09 % of total population in Kharkan village. The village Kharkan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kharkan village out of total population, 205 were engaged in work activities. 6.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 93.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 205 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.