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Bijhat Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Bijhat is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 376 families residing. The Bijhat village has population of 1926 of which 1011 are males while 915 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bijhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 329 which makes up 17.08 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bijhat village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bijhat as per census is 880, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bijhat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bijhat village was 52.91 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bijhat Male literacy stands at 60.77 % while female literacy rate was 44.28 %.

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

Bijhat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 376 - -
Population 1,926 1,011 915
Child (0-6) 329 175 154
Schedule Caste 153 74 79
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.91 % 60.77 % 44.28 %
Total Workers 583 525 58
Main Worker 508 - -
Marginal Worker 75 43 32

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.94 % of total population in Bijhat village. The village Bijhat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bijhat village out of total population, 583 were engaged in work activities. 87.14 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.86 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 583 workers engaged in Main Work, 88 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 260 were Agricultural labourer.