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Hijli Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Hijli is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 108 families residing. The Hijli village has population of 588 of which 301 are males while 287 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hijli village population of children with age 0-6 is 68 which makes up 11.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hijli village is 953 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hijli as per census is 619, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Hijli village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hijli village was 81.15 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hijli Male literacy stands at 89.96 % while female literacy rate was 72.41 %.

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

Hijli Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 108 - -
Population 588 301 287
Child (0-6) 68 42 26
Schedule Caste 370 196 174
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.15 % 89.96 % 72.41 %
Total Workers 163 153 10
Main Worker 153 - -
Marginal Worker 10 6 4

Caste Factor

In Hijli village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 62.93 % of total population in Hijli village. The village Hijli currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Hijli village out of total population, 163 were engaged in work activities. 93.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 163 workers engaged in Main Work, 71 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.