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Kherua Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Kherua is a medium size village located in Mangolkote Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 372 families residing. The Kherua village has population of 1588 of which 812 are males while 776 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kherua village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 11.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kherua village is 956 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kherua as per census is 1033, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kherua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kherua village was 69.74 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kherua Male literacy stands at 77.22 % while female literacy rate was 61.82 %.

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

Kherua Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 372 - -
Population 1,588 812 776
Child (0-6) 187 92 95
Schedule Caste 937 472 465
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 69.74 % 77.22 % 61.82 %
Total Workers 576 517 59
Main Worker 565 - -
Marginal Worker 11 9 2

Caste Factor

In Kherua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 59.01 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Kherua village.

Work Profile

In Kherua village out of total population, 576 were engaged in work activities. 98.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 576 workers engaged in Main Work, 120 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 259 were Agricultural labourer.