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Khar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Khar is a large village located in Potashpur - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 1544 families residing. The Khar village has population of 6645 of which 3443 are males while 3202 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khar village population of children with age 0-6 is 712 which makes up 10.71 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khar village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khar as per census is 919, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Khar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khar village was 86.52 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khar Male literacy stands at 91.93 % while female literacy rate was 80.71 %.

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

Khar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,544 - -
Population 6,645 3,443 3,202
Child (0-6) 712 371 341
Schedule Caste 708 360 348
Schedule Tribe 381 206 175
Literacy 86.52 % 91.93 % 80.71 %
Total Workers 2,568 2,083 485
Main Worker 1,874 - -
Marginal Worker 694 484 210

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.65 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 5.73 % of total population in Khar village.

Work Profile

In Khar village out of total population, 2568 were engaged in work activities. 72.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2568 workers engaged in Main Work, 565 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 598 were Agricultural labourer.