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Kharshet Population - Thane, Maharashtra

Kharshet is a medium size village located in Palghar Taluka of Thane district, Maharashtra with total 136 families residing. The Kharshet village has population of 688 of which 365 are males while 323 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharshet village population of children with age 0-6 is 90 which makes up 13.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharshet village is 885 which is lower than Maharashtra state average of 929. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharshet as per census is 667, lower than Maharashtra average of 894.

Kharshet village has lower literacy rate compared to Maharashtra. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharshet village was 66.05 % compared to 82.34 % of Maharashtra. In Kharshet Male literacy stands at 74.60 % while female literacy rate was 56.79 %.

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

Kharshet Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 136 - -
Population 688 365 323
Child (0-6) 90 54 36
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 646 343 303
Literacy 66.05 % 74.60 % 56.79 %
Total Workers 326 170 156
Main Worker 277 - -
Marginal Worker 49 21 28

Caste Factor

In Kharshet village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 93.90 % of total population in Kharshet village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kharshet village of Thane.

Work Profile

In Kharshet village out of total population, 326 were engaged in work activities. 84.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 326 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 135 were Agricultural labourer.