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Khichra Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Khichra is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - I Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 150 families residing. The Khichra village has population of 785 of which 414 are males while 371 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khichra village population of children with age 0-6 is 152 which makes up 19.36 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khichra village is 896 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khichra as per census is 747, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Khichra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khichra village was 58.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khichra Male literacy stands at 73.09 % while female literacy rate was 43.79 %.

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

Khichra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 785 414 371
Child (0-6) 152 87 65
Schedule Caste 16 11 5
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.93 % 73.09 % 43.79 %
Total Workers 187 181 6
Main Worker 166 - -
Marginal Worker 21 20 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.04 % of total population in Khichra village. The village Khichra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khichra village out of total population, 187 were engaged in work activities. 88.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 11.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 187 workers engaged in Main Work, 89 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.