Harki Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Harki is a medium size village located in Jhargram Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 71 families residing. The Harki village has population of 314 of which 140 are males while 174 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harki village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 14.97 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harki village is 1243 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Harki as per census is 1350, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Harki village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Harki village was 61.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Harki Male literacy stands at 73.33 % while female literacy rate was 51.02 %.

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

Harki Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	71	-	-
Population	314	140	174
Child (0-6)	47	20	27
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	222	96	126
Literacy	61.05 %	73.33 %	51.02 %
Total Workers	118	76	42
Main Worker	14	-	-
Marginal Worker	104	63	41

Caste Factor

In Harki village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 70.70 % of total population in Harki village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Harki village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Harki village out of total population, 118 were engaged in work activities. 11.86 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 88.14 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 118 workers engaged in Main Work, 6 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.