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Harkuchia Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Harkuchia is a medium size village located in Egra - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 309 families residing. The Harkuchia village has population of 1416 of which 719 are males while 697 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harkuchia village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 11.65 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harkuchia village is 969 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Harkuchia as per census is 919, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Harkuchia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Harkuchia village was 89.29 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Harkuchia Male literacy stands at 95.26 % while female literacy rate was 83.17 %.

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

Harkuchia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 309 - -
Population 1,416 719 697
Child (0-6) 165 86 79
Schedule Caste 470 248 222
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 89.29 % 95.26 % 83.17 %
Total Workers 434 390 44
Main Worker 316 - -
Marginal Worker 118 98 20

Caste Factor

Harkuchia village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.19 % of total population in Harkuchia village. The village Harkuchia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Harkuchia village out of total population, 434 were engaged in work activities. 72.81 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.19 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 434 workers engaged in Main Work, 76 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 167 were Agricultural labourer.