Hukarhat Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Hukarhat is a large village located in Sagardighi Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 437 families residing. The Hukarhat village has population of 2012 of which 1048 are males while 964 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hukarhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 280 which makes up 13.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hukarhat village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hukarhat as per census is 867, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Hukarhat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hukarhat village was 50.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hukarhat Male literacy stands at 54.68 % while female literacy rate was 45.92 %.

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

Hukarhat Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	437	-	-
Population	2,012	1,048	964
Child (0-6)	280	150	130
Schedule Caste	397	203	194
Schedule Tribe	816	432	384
Literacy	50.46 %	54.68 %	45.92 %
Total Workers	800	546	254
Main Worker	652	-	-
Marginal Worker	148	52	96

Caste Factor

In Hukarhat village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.56 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 19.73 % of total population in Hukarhat village.

Work Profile

In Hukarhat village out of total population, 800 were engaged in work activities. 81.50 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.50 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 800 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 397 were Agricultural labourer.