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Kaliganj Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Kaliganj is a medium size village located in Faridpur Durgapur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 433 families residing. The Kaliganj village has population of 1948 of which 1006 are males while 942 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaliganj village population of children with age 0-6 is 199 which makes up 10.22 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaliganj village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaliganj as per census is 826, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kaliganj village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaliganj village was 87.31 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kaliganj Male literacy stands at 93.98 % while female literacy rate was 80.28 %.

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

Kaliganj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 433 - -
Population 1,948 1,006 942
Child (0-6) 199 109 90
Schedule Caste 761 396 365
Schedule Tribe 25 12 13
Literacy 87.31 % 93.98 % 80.28 %
Total Workers 626 561 65
Main Worker 535 - -
Marginal Worker 91 80 11

Caste Factor

In Kaliganj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.07 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.28 % of total population in Kaliganj village.

Work Profile

In Kaliganj village out of total population, 626 were engaged in work activities. 85.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 626 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 6 were Agricultural labourer.