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Jharia Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Jharia is a medium size village located in Barabazar Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 203 families residing. The Jharia village has population of 1121 of which 572 are males while 549 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 173 which makes up 15.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharia village is 960 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharia as per census is 966, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jharia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharia village was 66.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jharia Male literacy stands at 85.33 % while female literacy rate was 46.55 %.

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

Jharia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 203 - -
Population 1,121 572 549
Child (0-6) 173 88 85
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 128 67 61
Literacy 66.35 % 85.33 % 46.55 %
Total Workers 555 319 236
Main Worker 87 - -
Marginal Worker 468 243 225

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 11.42 % of total population in Jharia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Jharia village of Puruliya.

Work Profile

In Jharia village out of total population, 555 were engaged in work activities. 15.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 555 workers engaged in Main Work, 38 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.