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Kaluhar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kaluhar is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 259 families residing. The Kaluhar village has population of 1498 of which 775 are males while 723 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaluhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 228 which makes up 15.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaluhar village is 933 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaluhar as per census is 810, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kaluhar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaluhar village was 61.65 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kaluhar Male literacy stands at 74.58 % while female literacy rate was 48.15 %.

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

Kaluhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 259 - -
Population 1,498 775 723
Child (0-6) 228 126 102
Schedule Caste 696 353 343
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 61.65 % 74.58 % 48.15 %
Total Workers 565 392 173
Main Worker 295 - -
Marginal Worker 270 129 141

Caste Factor

In Kaluhar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.46 % of total population in Kaluhar village. The village Kaluhar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kaluhar village out of total population, 565 were engaged in work activities. 52.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 565 workers engaged in Main Work, 100 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 36 were Agricultural labourer.