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Khantra Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Khantra is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 123 families residing. The Khantra village has population of 575 of which 315 are males while 260 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khantra village population of children with age 0-6 is 71 which makes up 12.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khantra village is 825 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khantra as per census is 972, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Khantra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khantra village was 69.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khantra Male literacy stands at 85.30 % while female literacy rate was 50.67 %.

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

Khantra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 123 - -
Population 575 315 260
Child (0-6) 71 36 35
Schedule Caste 572 314 258
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.84 % 85.30 % 50.67 %
Total Workers 156 151 5
Main Worker 39 - -
Marginal Worker 117 115 2

Caste Factor

In Khantra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 99.48 % of total population in Khantra village. The village Khantra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Khantra village out of total population, 156 were engaged in work activities. 25.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 75.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 156 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.