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Jharia Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Jharia is a medium size village located in Indpur Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 136 families residing. The Jharia village has population of 662 of which 334 are males while 328 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 99 which makes up 14.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharia village is 982 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharia as per census is 1063, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Jharia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharia village was 75.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jharia Male literacy stands at 87.76 % while female literacy rate was 63.54 %.

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 136 - -
Population 662 334 328
Child (0-6) 99 48 51
Schedule Caste 227 112 115
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 75.84 % 87.76 % 63.54 %
Total Workers 220 182 38
Main Worker 111 - -
Marginal Worker 109 73 36

Caste Factor

Jharia village of Bankura has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.29 % of total population in Jharia village. The village Jharia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Jharia village out of total population, 220 were engaged in work activities. 50.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 49.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 220 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.