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Khagda Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Khagda is a large village located in Chandipur Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 967 families residing. The Khagda village has population of 4827 of which 2453 are males while 2374 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khagda village population of children with age 0-6 is 671 which makes up 13.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khagda village is 968 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khagda as per census is 1003, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Khagda village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khagda village was 87.10 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khagda Male literacy stands at 91.17 % while female literacy rate was 82.88 %.

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

Khagda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 967 - -
Population 4,827 2,453 2,374
Child (0-6) 671 335 336
Schedule Caste 1,491 752 739
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.10 % 91.17 % 82.88 %
Total Workers 1,473 1,355 118
Main Worker 600 - -
Marginal Worker 873 792 81

Caste Factor

Khagda village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.89 % of total population in Khagda village. The village Khagda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khagda village out of total population, 1473 were engaged in work activities. 40.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 59.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1473 workers engaged in Main Work, 54 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 115 were Agricultural labourer.