Kherua Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Kherua is a medium size village located in Sainthia Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 359 families residing. The Kherua village has population of 1402 of which 732 are males while 670 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kherua village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 14.41 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kherua village is 915 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kherua as per census is 853, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kherua village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kherua village was 69.92 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kherua Male literacy stands at 78.01 % while female literacy rate was 61.18 %.

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

Kherua Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	359	-	-
Population	1,402	732	670
Child (0-6)	202	109	93
Schedule Caste	633	341	292
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.92 %	78.01 %	61.18 %
Total Workers	498	441	57
Main Worker	449	-	-
Marginal Worker	49	11	38

Caste Factor

In Kherua village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 45.15 % of total population in Kherua village. The village Kherua currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kherua village out of total population, 498 were engaged in work activities. 90.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 9.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 498 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 270 were Agricultural labourer.