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Kharu Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kharu is a medium size village located in Amdanga Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 349 families residing. The Kharu village has population of 1651 of which 861 are males while 790 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharu village population of children with age 0-6 is 213 which makes up 12.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharu village is 918 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharu as per census is 972, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kharu village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharu village was 79.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kharu Male literacy stands at 84.86 % while female literacy rate was 72.55 %.

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

Kharu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 349 - -
Population 1,651 861 790
Child (0-6) 213 108 105
Schedule Caste 661 354 307
Schedule Tribe 2 2 0
Literacy 79.00 % 84.86 % 72.55 %
Total Workers 541 510 31
Main Worker 353 - -
Marginal Worker 188 165 23

Caste Factor

In Kharu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 40.04 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.12 % of total population in Kharu village.

Work Profile

In Kharu village out of total population, 541 were engaged in work activities. 65.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 541 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 228 were Agricultural labourer.