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Karche Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Karche is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 284 families residing. The Karche village has population of 1448 of which 739 are males while 709 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Karche village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 13.81 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Karche village is 959 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Karche as per census is 852, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Karche village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Karche village was 49.28 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Karche Male literacy stands at 63.87 % while female literacy rate was 34.36 %.

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

Karche Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,448 739 709
Child (0-6) 200 108 92
Schedule Caste 151 76 75
Schedule Tribe 1,278 652 626
Literacy 49.28 % 63.87 % 34.36 %
Total Workers 435 363 72
Main Worker 369 - -
Marginal Worker 66 20 46

Caste Factor

In Karche village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 88.26 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 10.43 % of total population in Karche village.

Work Profile

In Karche village out of total population, 435 were engaged in work activities. 84.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 435 workers engaged in Main Work, 52 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 181 were Agricultural labourer.