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Khurigachhi Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Khurigachhi is a medium size village located in Polba - Dadpur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 318 families residing. The Khurigachhi village has population of 1541 of which 801 are males while 740 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khurigachhi village population of children with age 0-6 is 183 which makes up 11.88 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khurigachhi village is 924 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khurigachhi as per census is 947, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Khurigachhi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khurigachhi village was 72.16 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khurigachhi Male literacy stands at 82.89 % while female literacy rate was 60.52 %.

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

Khurigachhi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 318 - -
Population 1,541 801 740
Child (0-6) 183 94 89
Schedule Caste 1,514 787 727
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.16 % 82.89 % 60.52 %
Total Workers 522 495 27
Main Worker 429 - -
Marginal Worker 93 81 12

Caste Factor

In Khurigachhi village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.25 % of total population in Khurigachhi village. The village Khurigachhi currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khurigachhi village out of total population, 522 were engaged in work activities. 82.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 522 workers engaged in Main Work, 188 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 193 were Agricultural labourer.