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Kalajharna Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kalajharna is a medium size village located in Manbazar - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 79 families residing. The Kalajharna village has population of 393 of which 212 are males while 181 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalajharna village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 10.69 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalajharna village is 854 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalajharna as per census is 448, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kalajharna village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalajharna village was 64.39 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalajharna Male literacy stands at 80.33 % while female literacy rate was 47.02 %.

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

Kalajharna Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 79 - -
Population 393 212 181
Child (0-6) 42 29 13
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 392 211 181
Literacy 64.39 % 80.33 % 47.02 %
Total Workers 213 104 109
Main Worker 75 - -
Marginal Worker 138 36 102

Caste Factor

In Kalajharna village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 99.75 % of total population in Kalajharna village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kalajharna village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Kalajharna village out of total population, 213 were engaged in work activities. 35.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 64.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 213 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 34 were Agricultural labourer.