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Kharika Population - Chatra, Jharkhand

Kharika is a medium size village located in Tandwa Block of Chatra district, Jharkhand with total 310 families residing. The Kharika village has population of 1712 of which 881 are males while 831 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharika village population of children with age 0-6 is 255 which makes up 14.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharika village is 943 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharika as per census is 889, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kharika village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharika village was 73.30 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kharika Male literacy stands at 85.12 % while female literacy rate was 60.90 %.

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

Kharika Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 310 - -
Population 1,712 881 831
Child (0-6) 255 135 120
Schedule Caste 250 130 120
Schedule Tribe 236 115 121
Literacy 73.30 % 85.12 % 60.90 %
Total Workers 594 387 207
Main Worker 127 - -
Marginal Worker 467 291 176

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 14.60 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.79 % of total population in Kharika village.

Work Profile

In Kharika village out of total population, 594 were engaged in work activities. 21.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 78.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 594 workers engaged in Main Work, 65 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.