Balihara Population, Caste, Working Data Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal - Census 2011

Balihara is a village situated in Harirampur block of Dakshin Dinajpur district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 445 families residing in the village Balihara. The total population of Balihara is 1,862 out of which 964 are males and 898 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Balihara is 932.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Balihara village is 254 which is 14% of the total population. There are 126 male children and 128 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Balihara is 1,016 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (932) of Balihara village.

Population
1,862
Families
445
Literacy
70.34%
Sex Ratio
932

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Balihara is 70.3%. Thus Balihara village has higher literacy rate compared to 64.6% of Dakshin Dinajpur district. The male literacy rate is 72.91% and the female literacy rate is 67.53% in Balihara village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Balihara village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Balihara Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Balihara village.

Total Male Female
Children 254 126 128
Literacy 70.34% 72.91% 67.53%
Scheduled Caste 126 63 63
Scheduled Tribe 1 1 0
Illiterate 731 353 378

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.8% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of total population in Balihara village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Balihara village out of total population, 708 were engaged in work activities. 94.4% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.6% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 708 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 229 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 668 500 168
Cultivators 130 124 6
Agriculture Labourer 229 211 18
Household Industries 72 6 66
Other Workers 237 159 78
Marginal Workers 40 24 16
Non Working 1,154 440 714

Nearby Villages to Balihara,

Below are the list of villages near Balihara village in Harirampur.

Village Population
Atharbbabati 18
Kakihar 551
Baje Banagram 614
Khayerbari 1,270
Kundana 654
Sobhanpur 43
Asal Banagram 825
Chhatra Kunda 907
Gurkhair 2,162
Jotgora 345

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