Karcha Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Karcha is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 102 families residing. The Karcha village has population of 471 of which 233 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karcha village population of children with age 0-6 is 42 which makes up 8.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karcha village is 1021 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karcha as per census is 1333, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karcha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karcha village was 78.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karcha Male literacy stands at 92.56 % while female literacy rate was 64.95 %.

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

Karcha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	102	-	-
Population	471	233	238
Child (0-6)	42	18	24
Schedule Caste	172	85	87
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	78.79 %	92.56 %	64.95 %
Total Workers	290	154	136
Main Worker	26	-	-
Marginal Worker	264	130	134

Caste Factor

In Karcha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.52 % of total population in Karcha village. The village Karcha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karcha village out of total population, 290 were engaged in work activities. 8.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 91.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 290 workers engaged in Main Work, 4 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.