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Jharia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Jharia is a small village located in Kharagpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 40 families residing. The Jharia village has population of 193 of which 98 are males while 95 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 16 which makes up 8.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharia village is 969 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharia as per census is 1286, 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 94.92 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jharia Male literacy stands at 98.90 % while female literacy rate was 90.70 %.

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 40 - -
Population 193 98 95
Child (0-6) 16 7 9
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 94.92 % 98.90 % 90.70 %
Total Workers 59 54 5
Main Worker 44 - -
Marginal Worker 15 12 3

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, 59 were engaged in work activities. 74.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 59 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.