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Jharia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Jharia is a medium size village located in Kharagpur - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 68 families residing. The Jharia village has population of 338 of which 176 are males while 162 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Jharia village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 16.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Jharia village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Jharia as per census is 806, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Jharia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Jharia village was 67.73 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Jharia Male literacy stands at 74.48 % while female literacy rate was 60.58 %.

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 68 - -
Population 338 176 162
Child (0-6) 56 31 25
Schedule Caste 13 9 4
Schedule Tribe 27 16 11
Literacy 67.73 % 74.48 % 60.58 %
Total Workers 140 105 35
Main Worker 119 - -
Marginal Worker 21 14 7

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 7.99 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.85 % of total population in Jharia village.

Work Profile

In Jharia village out of total population, 140 were engaged in work activities. 85.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 15.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 140 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.