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Jharia Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Jharia is a medium size village located in Goghat - II Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 227 families residing. The Jharia village has population of 947 of which 506 are males while 441 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 82 which makes up 8.66 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharia village is 872 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharia as per census is 745, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jharia village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharia village was 87.75 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jharia Male literacy stands at 93.03 % while female literacy rate was 81.77 %.

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 227 - -
Population 947 506 441
Child (0-6) 82 47 35
Schedule Caste 51 24 27
Schedule Tribe 57 33 24
Literacy 87.75 % 93.03 % 81.77 %
Total Workers 343 329 14
Main Worker 339 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 6.02 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 5.39 % of total population in Jharia village.

Work Profile

In Jharia village out of total population, 343 were engaged in work activities. 98.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 1.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 343 workers engaged in Main Work, 264 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 45 were Agricultural labourer.