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Harichak Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Harichak is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 49 families residing. The Harichak village has population of 201 of which 114 are males while 87 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harichak village population of children with age 0-6 is 22 which makes up 10.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harichak village is 763 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Harichak as per census is 571, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Harichak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Harichak village was 91.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Harichak Male literacy stands at 96.00 % while female literacy rate was 84.81 %.

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

Harichak Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 49 - -
Population 201 114 87
Child (0-6) 22 14 8
Schedule Caste 55 33 22
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 91.06 % 96.00 % 84.81 %
Total Workers 94 75 19
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 55 37 18

Caste Factor

Harichak village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 27.36 % of total population in Harichak village. The village Harichak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Harichak village out of total population, 94 were engaged in work activities. 41.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 58.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 94 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.