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Kaharan Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Kaharan is a medium size village located in Simlapal Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 98 families residing. The Kaharan village has population of 453 of which 226 are males while 227 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaharan village population of children with age 0-6 is 58 which makes up 12.80 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaharan village is 1004 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaharan as per census is 657, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kaharan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaharan village was 60.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kaharan Male literacy stands at 71.73 % while female literacy rate was 49.51 %.

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

Kaharan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 98 - -
Population 453 226 227
Child (0-6) 58 35 23
Schedule Caste 275 137 138
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.25 % 71.73 % 49.51 %
Total Workers 208 126 82
Main Worker 49 - -
Marginal Worker 159 81 78

Caste Factor

In Kaharan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 60.71 % of total population in Kaharan village. The village Kaharan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kaharan village out of total population, 208 were engaged in work activities. 23.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 208 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.