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Khalar Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Khalar is a medium size village located in Arambag Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 266 families residing. The Khalar village has population of 1271 of which 662 are males while 609 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khalar village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 9.68 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khalar village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khalar as per census is 732, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Khalar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khalar village was 83.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khalar Male literacy stands at 90.86 % while female literacy rate was 76.12 %.

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

Khalar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 266 - -
Population 1,271 662 609
Child (0-6) 123 71 52
Schedule Caste 471 244 227
Schedule Tribe 5 3 2
Literacy 83.71 % 90.86 % 76.12 %
Total Workers 486 403 83
Main Worker 178 - -
Marginal Worker 308 236 72

Caste Factor

In Khalar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.06 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.39 % of total population in Khalar village.

Work Profile

In Khalar village out of total population, 486 were engaged in work activities. 36.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 486 workers engaged in Main Work, 11 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 28 were Agricultural labourer.