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Khatjuri Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Khatjuri is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 290 families residing. The Khatjuri village has population of 1400 of which 734 are males while 666 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khatjuri village population of children with age 0-6 is 196 which makes up 14.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khatjuri village is 907 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khatjuri as per census is 1279, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Khatjuri village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khatjuri village was 69.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khatjuri Male literacy stands at 83.33 % while female literacy rate was 54.14 %.

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

Khatjuri Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 290 - -
Population 1,400 734 666
Child (0-6) 196 86 110
Schedule Caste 361 186 175
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.85 % 83.33 % 54.14 %
Total Workers 589 446 143
Main Worker 393 - -
Marginal Worker 196 104 92

Caste Factor

Khatjuri village of Puruliya has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.79 % of total population in Khatjuri village. The village Khatjuri currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khatjuri village out of total population, 589 were engaged in work activities. 66.72 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.28 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 589 workers engaged in Main Work, 179 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.