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Kharkan Population - Hoshiarpur, Punjab

Kharkan is a large village located in Hoshiarpur Tehsil of Hoshiarpur district, Punjab with total 363 families residing. The Kharkan village has population of 2529 of which 1547 are males while 982 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharkan village population of children with age 0-6 is 234 which makes up 9.25 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharkan village is 635 which is lower than Punjab state average of 895. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharkan as per census is 800, lower than Punjab average of 846.

Kharkan village has higher literacy rate compared to Punjab. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharkan village was 89.11 % compared to 75.84 % of Punjab. In Kharkan Male literacy stands at 92.94 % while female literacy rate was 82.92 %.

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 363 - -
Population 2,529 1,547 982
Child (0-6) 234 130 104
Schedule Caste 549 289 260
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.11 % 92.94 % 82.92 %
Total Workers 1,582 1,185 397
Main Worker 1,402 - -
Marginal Worker 180 72 108

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.71 % 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, 1582 were engaged in work activities. 88.62 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.38 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1582 workers engaged in Main Work, 91 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 51 were Agricultural labourer.