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Harkala Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Harkala is a medium size village located in Memari - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 408 families residing. The Harkala village has population of 1734 of which 889 are males while 845 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Harkala village population of children with age 0-6 is 145 which makes up 8.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Harkala village is 951 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Harkala as per census is 859, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Harkala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Harkala village was 76.21 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Harkala Male literacy stands at 82.24 % while female literacy rate was 69.92 %.

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

Harkala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 408 - -
Population 1,734 889 845
Child (0-6) 145 78 67
Schedule Caste 845 432 413
Schedule Tribe 275 135 140
Literacy 76.21 % 82.24 % 69.92 %
Total Workers 704 573 131
Main Worker 417 - -
Marginal Worker 287 219 68

Caste Factor

In Harkala village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 48.73 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 15.86 % of total population in Harkala village.

Work Profile

In Harkala village out of total population, 704 were engaged in work activities. 59.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 704 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 172 were Agricultural labourer.