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Kharni Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Kharni is a medium size village located in Gobindpur Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 205 families residing. The Kharni village has population of 1227 of which 642 are males while 585 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharni village population of children with age 0-6 is 187 which makes up 15.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharni village is 911 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharni as per census is 685, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kharni village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharni village was 60.87 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kharni Male literacy stands at 73.82 % while female literacy rate was 47.35 %.

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

Kharni Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 205 - -
Population 1,227 642 585
Child (0-6) 187 111 76
Schedule Caste 100 47 53
Schedule Tribe 502 264 238
Literacy 60.87 % 73.82 % 47.35 %
Total Workers 719 360 359
Main Worker 212 - -
Marginal Worker 507 165 342

Caste Factor

In Kharni village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 40.91 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 8.15 % of total population in Kharni village.

Work Profile

In Kharni village out of total population, 719 were engaged in work activities. 29.49 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 70.51 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 719 workers engaged in Main Work, 37 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 86 were Agricultural labourer.