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Harigechhya Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Harigechhya is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 136 families residing. The Harigechhya village has population of 637 of which 329 are males while 308 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harigechhya village population of children with age 0-6 is 63 which makes up 9.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harigechhya village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Harigechhya as per census is 969, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Harigechhya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Harigechhya village was 93.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Harigechhya Male literacy stands at 95.29 % while female literacy rate was 90.61 %.

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

Harigechhya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 637 329 308
Child (0-6) 63 32 31
Schedule Caste 27 12 15
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 93.03 % 95.29 % 90.61 %
Total Workers 396 204 192
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 185 11 174

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 4.24 % of total population in Harigechhya village. The village Harigechhya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Harigechhya village out of total population, 396 were engaged in work activities. 53.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 396 workers engaged in Main Work, 123 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 26 were Agricultural labourer.