Kharagan Population - Puri, Orissa

Kharagan is a medium size village located in Konark Block of Puri district, Orissa with total 117 families residing. The Kharagan village has population of 573 of which 279 are males while 294 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 11.87 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharagan village is 1054 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharagan as per census is 943, higher than Orissa average of 941.

Kharagan village has higher literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharagan village was 87.13 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kharagan Male literacy stands at 93.03 % while female literacy rate was 81.61 %.

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

Kharagan Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	117	-	-
Population	573	279	294
Child (0-6)	68	35	33
Schedule Caste	214	104	110
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.13 %	93.03 %	81.61 %
Total Workers	195	156	39
Main Worker	130	-	-
Marginal Worker	65	38	27

Caste Factor

In Kharagan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.35 % of total population in Kharagan village. The village Kharagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kharagan village out of total population, 195 were engaged in work activities. 66.67 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.33 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 195 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.