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Kharun Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Kharun is a medium size village located in Hilli Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 364 families residing. The Kharun village has population of 1420 of which 725 are males while 695 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharun village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 10.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharun village is 959 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharun as per census is 949, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kharun village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharun village was 78.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kharun Male literacy stands at 83.15 % while female literacy rate was 72.62 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kharun 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 Kharun village.

Kharun Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 364 - -
Population 1,420 725 695
Child (0-6) 152 78 74
Schedule Caste 115 59 56
Schedule Tribe 122 57 65
Literacy 78.00 % 83.15 % 72.62 %
Total Workers 626 425 201
Main Worker 610 - -
Marginal Worker 16 10 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 8.59 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.10 % of total population in Kharun village.

Work Profile

In Kharun village out of total population, 626 were engaged in work activities. 97.44 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 2.56 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 626 workers engaged in Main Work, 138 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 231 were Agricultural labourer.