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Kakhar Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Kakhar is a medium size village located in Bansihari Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 271 families residing. The Kakhar village has population of 1184 of which 599 are males while 585 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kakhar village population of children with age 0-6 is 158 which makes up 13.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kakhar village is 977 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kakhar as per census is 795, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kakhar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kakhar village was 76.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kakhar Male literacy stands at 79.84 % while female literacy rate was 73.20 %.

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

Kakhar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 271 - -
Population 1,184 599 585
Child (0-6) 158 88 70
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 76.51 % 79.84 % 73.20 %
Total Workers 418 324 94
Main Worker 327 - -
Marginal Worker 91 5 86

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Kakhar village of Dakshin Dinajpur district.

Work Profile

In Kakhar village out of total population, 418 were engaged in work activities. 78.23 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 21.77 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 418 workers engaged in Main Work, 253 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 58 were Agricultural labourer.