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Kharikabad Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Kharikabad is a medium size village located in Raghunathpur - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 48 families residing. The Kharikabad village has population of 253 of which 132 are males while 121 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharikabad village population of children with age 0-6 is 40 which makes up 15.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharikabad village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharikabad as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kharikabad village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharikabad village was 54.46 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kharikabad Male literacy stands at 71.43 % while female literacy rate was 35.64 %.

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

Kharikabad Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 48 - -
Population 253 132 121
Child (0-6) 40 20 20
Schedule Caste 26 16 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.46 % 71.43 % 35.64 %
Total Workers 109 74 35
Main Worker 56 - -
Marginal Worker 53 39 14

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.28 % of total population in Kharikabad village. The village Kharikabad currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Kharikabad village out of total population, 109 were engaged in work activities. 51.38 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.62 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 109 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.