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Kharikabad Population - Dhanbad, Jharkhand

Kharikabad is a medium size village located in Baliapur Block of Dhanbad district, Jharkhand with total 221 families residing. The Kharikabad village has population of 1239 of which 620 are males while 619 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharikabad village population of children with age 0-6 is 142 which makes up 11.46 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharikabad village is 998 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharikabad as per census is 1152, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kharikabad village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharikabad village was 62.72 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kharikabad Male literacy stands at 73.47 % while female literacy rate was 51.75 %.

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 221 - -
Population 1,239 620 619
Child (0-6) 142 66 76
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 789 391 398
Literacy 62.72 % 73.47 % 51.75 %
Total Workers 678 355 323
Main Worker 412 - -
Marginal Worker 266 95 171

Caste Factor

In Kharikabad village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 63.68 % of total population in Kharikabad village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kharikabad village of Dhanbad.

Work Profile

In Kharikabad village out of total population, 678 were engaged in work activities. 60.77 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 39.23 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 678 workers engaged in Main Work, 185 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 154 were Agricultural labourer.