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Bakalsa Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Bakalsa is a medium size village located in Ketugram - I Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 311 families residing. The Bakalsa village has population of 1373 of which 693 are males while 680 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bakalsa village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 11.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bakalsa village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bakalsa as per census is 872, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bakalsa village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bakalsa village was 54.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bakalsa Male literacy stands at 60.79 % while female literacy rate was 47.44 %.

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

Bakalsa Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 311 - -
Population 1,373 693 680
Child (0-6) 161 86 75
Schedule Caste 759 371 388
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 54.13 % 60.79 % 47.44 %
Total Workers 392 339 53
Main Worker 323 - -
Marginal Worker 69 39 30

Caste Factor

In Bakalsa village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.28 % of total population in Bakalsa village. The village Bakalsa currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bakalsa village out of total population, 392 were engaged in work activities. 82.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 392 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 166 were Agricultural labourer.