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Kharia Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Kharia is a medium size village located in Mohammad Bazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 427 families residing. The Kharia village has population of 1837 of which 921 are males while 916 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 212 which makes up 11.54 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharia village is 995 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharia as per census is 1019, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kharia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharia village was 74.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kharia Male literacy stands at 80.27 % while female literacy rate was 68.11 %.

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

Kharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 427 - -
Population 1,837 921 916
Child (0-6) 212 105 107
Schedule Caste 959 482 477
Schedule Tribe 12 3 9
Literacy 74.22 % 80.27 % 68.11 %
Total Workers 698 524 174
Main Worker 544 - -
Marginal Worker 154 58 96

Caste Factor

In Kharia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 52.20 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.65 % of total population in Kharia village.

Work Profile

In Kharia village out of total population, 698 were engaged in work activities. 77.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 698 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 68 were Agricultural labourer.