Gharkura Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Gharkura is a medium size village located in Khandaghosh Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 121 families residing. The Gharkura village has population of 533 of which 271 are males while 262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Gharkura village population of children with age 0-6 is 59 which makes up 11.07 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Gharkura village is 967 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Gharkura as per census is 844, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Gharkura village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Gharkura village was 63.50 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Gharkura Male literacy stands at 71.55 % while female literacy rate was 55.32 %.

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

Gharkura Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	121	-	-
Population	533	271	262
Child (0-6)	59	32	27
Schedule Caste	412	212	200
Schedule Tribe	6	3	3
Literacy	63.50 %	71.55 %	55.32 %
Total Workers	191	174	17
Main Worker	153	-	-
Marginal Worker	38	27	11

Caste Factor

In Gharkura village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 77.30 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.13 % of total population in Gharkura village.

Work Profile

In Gharkura village out of total population, 191 were engaged in work activities. 80.10 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 19.90 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 191 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 112 were Agricultural labourer.