Kharka is a small village located in Lanjigarh Block of Kalahandi district, Orissa with total 41 families residing. The Kharka village has population of 183 of which 81 are males while 102 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Kharka village population of children with age 0-6 is 47 which makes up 25.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharka village is 1259 which is higher than Orissa state average of 979. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharka as per census is 741, lower than Orissa average of 941.
Kharka village has lower literacy rate compared to Orissa. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharka village was 5.15 % compared to 72.87 % of Orissa. In Kharka Male literacy stands at 11.11 % while female literacy rate was 1.22 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Kharka 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 Kharka village.
Kharka Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
41 |
- |
- |
| Population |
183 |
81 |
102 |
| Child (0-6) |
47 |
27 |
20 |
| Schedule Caste |
39 |
21 |
18 |
| Schedule Tribe |
144 |
60 |
84 |
| Literacy |
5.15 % |
11.11 % |
1.22 % |
| Total Workers |
88 |
38 |
50 |
| Main Worker |
5 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
83 |
34 |
49 |
Caste Factor
In Kharka village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST).
Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 78.69 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 21.31 % of total population in Kharka village.
Work Profile
In Kharka village out of total population, 88 were engaged in work activities. 5.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 94.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 88 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.