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Jharia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Jharia is a medium size village located in Garbeta - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 55 families residing. The Jharia village has population of 288 of which 145 are males while 143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 13.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharia village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharia as per census is 905, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jharia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharia village was 92.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jharia Male literacy stands at 97.58 % while female literacy rate was 87.10 %.

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

Jharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 55 - -
Population 288 145 143
Child (0-6) 40 21 19
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.34 % 97.58 % 87.10 %
Total Workers 80 70 10
Main Worker 80 - -
Marginal Worker 0 0 0

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Jharia village of Paschim Medinipur district.

Work Profile

In Jharia village out of total population, 80 were engaged in work activities. 100.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 80 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.