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Kharu Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Kharu is a medium size village located in Dhaniakhali Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 420 families residing. The Kharu village has population of 1724 of which 875 are males while 849 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharu village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 8.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharu village is 970 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharu as per census is 831, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kharu village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharu village was 66.92 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kharu Male literacy stands at 75.38 % while female literacy rate was 58.33 %.

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

Kharu Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 420 - -
Population 1,724 875 849
Child (0-6) 152 83 69
Schedule Caste 733 366 367
Schedule Tribe 130 61 69
Literacy 66.92 % 75.38 % 58.33 %
Total Workers 1,013 552 461
Main Worker 772 - -
Marginal Worker 241 88 153

Caste Factor

In Kharu village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 42.52 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 7.54 % of total population in Kharu village.

Work Profile

In Kharu village out of total population, 1013 were engaged in work activities. 76.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1013 workers engaged in Main Work, 63 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 597 were Agricultural labourer.