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Jharia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Jharia is a small village located in Garbeta - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 28 families residing. The Jharia village has population of 140 of which 73 are males while 67 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 7 which makes up 5.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharia village is 918 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharia as per census is 1333, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jharia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharia village was 85.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jharia Male literacy stands at 91.43 % while female literacy rate was 79.37 %.

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 28 - -
Population 140 73 67
Child (0-6) 7 3 4
Schedule Caste 14 6 8
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 85.71 % 91.43 % 79.37 %
Total Workers 52 39 13
Main Worker 28 - -
Marginal Worker 24 16 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.00 % of total population in Jharia village. The village Jharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jharia village out of total population, 52 were engaged in work activities. 53.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 52 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.