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Kharan Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Kharan is a large village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 505 families residing. The Kharan village has population of 2198 of which 1127 are males while 1071 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharan village population of children with age 0-6 is 245 which makes up 11.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharan village is 950 which is equal than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharan as per census is 842, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kharan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharan village was 83.92 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kharan Male literacy stands at 90.34 % while female literacy rate was 77.27 %.

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

Kharan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 505 - -
Population 2,198 1,127 1,071
Child (0-6) 245 133 112
Schedule Caste 356 182 174
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 83.92 % 90.34 % 77.27 %
Total Workers 980 691 289
Main Worker 390 - -
Marginal Worker 590 370 220

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 16.20 % of total population in Kharan village. The village Kharan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kharan village out of total population, 980 were engaged in work activities. 39.80 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.20 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 980 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 271 were Agricultural labourer.