Kharai Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kharai is a medium size village located in Kashipur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 45 families residing. The Kharai village has population of 216 of which 120 are males while 96 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharai village population of children with age 0-6 is 27 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharai village is 800 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharai as per census is 688, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kharai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharai village was 62.96 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kharai Male literacy stands at 75.96 % while female literacy rate was 47.06 %.

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

Kharai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	45	-	-
Population	216	120	96
Child (0-6)	27	16	11
Schedule Caste	215	119	96
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	62.96 %	75.96 %	47.06 %
Total Workers	70	64	6
Main Worker	26	-	-
Marginal Worker	44	41	3

Caste Factor

In Kharai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.54 % of total population in Kharai village. The village Kharai currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kharai village out of total population, 70 were engaged in work activities. 37.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 62.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 70 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.