Karcha Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Karcha is a medium size village located in Purulia - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 299 families residing. The Karcha village has population of 1530 of which 795 are males while 735 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karcha village population of children with age 0-6 is 203 which makes up 13.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karcha village is 925 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karcha as per census is 1010, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Karcha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karcha village was 63.38 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karcha Male literacy stands at 78.10 % while female literacy rate was 47.24 %.

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

Karcha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	299	-	-
Population	1,530	795	735
Child (0-6)	203	101	102
Schedule Caste	1,137	585	552
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	63.38 %	78.10 %	47.24 %
Total Workers	526	353	173
Main Worker	143	-	-
Marginal Worker	383	228	155

Caste Factor

In Karcha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 74.31 % of total population in Karcha village. The village Karcha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Karcha village out of total population, 526 were engaged in work activities. 27.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 72.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 526 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.