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Kharwan Population - Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand

Kharwan is a medium size village located in Dunda Tehsil of Uttarkashi district, Uttarakhand with total 67 families residing. The Kharwan village has population of 305 of which 162 are males while 143 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharwan village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 13.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharwan village is 883 which is lower than Uttarakhand state average of 963. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharwan as per census is 615, lower than Uttarakhand average of 890.

Kharwan village has lower literacy rate compared to Uttarakhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharwan village was 74.14 % compared to 78.82 % of Uttarakhand. In Kharwan Male literacy stands at 86.76 % while female literacy rate was 60.63 %.

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

Kharwan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 67 - -
Population 305 162 143
Child (0-6) 42 26 16
Schedule Caste 93 49 44
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.14 % 86.76 % 60.63 %
Total Workers 174 85 89
Main Worker 5 - -
Marginal Worker 169 82 87

Caste Factor

Kharwan village of Uttarkashi has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 30.49 % of total population in Kharwan village. The village Kharwan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kharwan village out of total population, 174 were engaged in work activities. 2.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 97.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 174 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.