Kalighat Population, Caste, Working Data North & Middle Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar - Census 2011

Kalighat is a village situated in Diglipur tehsil of North & Middle Andaman district in Andaman and Nicobar. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 490 families residing in the village Kalighat. The total population of Kalighat is 1,759 out of which 909 are males and 850 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Kalighat is 935.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Kalighat village is 178 which is 10% of the total population. There are 89 male children and 89 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Kalighat is 1,000 which is greater than Average Sex Ratio (935) of Kalighat village.

Population
1,759
Families
490
Literacy
82.61%
Sex Ratio
935

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Kalighat is 82.6%. Thus Kalighat village has higher literacy rate compared to 74.5% of North & Middle Andaman district. The male literacy rate is 84.88% and the female literacy rate is 80.16% in Kalighat village.

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

Kalighat Data as per Census 2011

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

Total Male Female
Children 178 89 89
Literacy 82.61% 84.88% 80.16%
Scheduled Caste 0 0 0
Scheduled Tribe 25 15 10
Illiterate 453 213 240

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.4% of total population in Kalighat village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Kalighat village out of total population, 654 were engaged in work activities. 82.3% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.7% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 654 workers engaged in Main Work, 60 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 538 425 113
Cultivators 60 42 18
Household Industries 1 1 0
Other Workers 477 382 95
Marginal Workers 116 87 29
Non Working 1,105 397 708

Nearby Villages to Kalighat,

Below are the list of villages near Kalighat village in Diglipur.

Village Population
Nischintapur 164
Jagannath Dera 230
Madhyamgram 136
Ramnagar 1,235
Kishori Nagar 1,328
Borang 140
Paranghara 463
Mohanpur 513
Nabagram 2,208
Sagar Dweep 337

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