Kharikdag Population - Palamu, Jharkhand

Kharikdag is a medium size village located in Manatu Block of Palamu district, Jharkhand with total 68 families residing. The Kharikdag village has population of 334 of which 181 are males while 153 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kharikdag village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 26.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kharikdag village is 845 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Kharikdag as per census is 725, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Kharikdag village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Kharikdag village was 34.96 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Kharikdag Male literacy stands at 41.54 % while female literacy rate was 27.59 %.

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

Kharikdag Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	68	-	-
Population	334	181	153
Child (0-6)	88	51	37
Schedule Caste	92	46	46
Schedule Tribe	126	70	56
Literacy	34.96 %	41.54 %	27.59 %
Total Workers	161	81	80
Main Worker	17	-	-
Marginal Worker	144	73	71

Caste Factor

In Kharikdag village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 37.72 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 27.54 % of total population in Kharikdag village.

Work Profile

In Kharikdag village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 10.56 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.44 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 16 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.