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Kharki Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Kharki is a medium size village located in Sonarpur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 295 families residing. The Kharki village has population of 1288 of which 636 are males while 652 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharki village population of children with age 0-6 is 116 which makes up 9.01 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharki village is 1025 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharki as per census is 966, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kharki village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharki village was 74.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kharki Male literacy stands at 82.50 % while female literacy rate was 66.89 %.

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

Kharki Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 295 - -
Population 1,288 636 652
Child (0-6) 116 59 57
Schedule Caste 1,061 530 531
Schedule Tribe 171 81 90
Literacy 74.57 % 82.50 % 66.89 %
Total Workers 529 402 127
Main Worker 312 - -
Marginal Worker 217 136 81

Caste Factor

In Kharki village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.38 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.28 % of total population in Kharki village.

Work Profile

In Kharki village out of total population, 529 were engaged in work activities. 58.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 529 workers engaged in Main Work, 15 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.