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Kherur Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Kherur is a medium size village located in Sagardighi Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 394 families residing. The Kherur village has population of 1863 of which 978 are males while 885 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kherur village population of children with age 0-6 is 269 which makes up 14.44 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kherur village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kherur as per census is 758, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kherur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kherur village was 64.12 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kherur Male literacy stands at 69.45 % while female literacy rate was 58.39 %.

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

Kherur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 394 - -
Population 1,863 978 885
Child (0-6) 269 153 116
Schedule Caste 1,185 615 570
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 64.12 % 69.45 % 58.39 %
Total Workers 595 549 46
Main Worker 382 - -
Marginal Worker 213 186 27

Caste Factor

In Kherur village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 63.61 % of total population in Kherur village. The village Kherur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kherur village out of total population, 595 were engaged in work activities. 64.20 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.80 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 595 workers engaged in Main Work, 67 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 284 were Agricultural labourer.