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Khamar Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Khamar is a medium size village located in Jhalda - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 364 families residing. The Khamar village has population of 1799 of which 939 are males while 860 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khamar village population of children with age 0-6 is 280 which makes up 15.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khamar village is 916 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khamar as per census is 892, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Khamar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khamar village was 57.41 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khamar Male literacy stands at 67.26 % while female literacy rate was 46.70 %.

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

Khamar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 364 - -
Population 1,799 939 860
Child (0-6) 280 148 132
Schedule Caste 363 203 160
Schedule Tribe 672 344 328
Literacy 57.41 % 67.26 % 46.70 %
Total Workers 903 485 418
Main Worker 706 - -
Marginal Worker 197 65 132

Caste Factor

In Khamar village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.35 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 20.18 % of total population in Khamar village.

Work Profile

In Khamar village out of total population, 903 were engaged in work activities. 78.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 903 workers engaged in Main Work, 213 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 450 were Agricultural labourer.