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Kalighat Population - North and Middle Andaman, Andaman and Nicobar Islands

Kalighat is a medium size village located in Diglipur Tehsil of North and Middle Andaman district, Andaman and Nicobar Islands with total 490 families residing. The Kalighat village has population of 1759 of which 909 are males while 850 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalighat village population of children with age 0-6 is 178 which makes up 10.12 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalighat village is 935 which is higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands state average of 876. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalighat as per census is 1000, higher than Andaman and Nicobar Islands average of 968.

Kalighat village has lower literacy rate compared to Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalighat village was 82.61 % compared to 86.63 % of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. In Kalighat Male literacy stands at 84.88 % while female literacy rate was 80.16 %.

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

Kalighat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 490 - -
Population 1,759 909 850
Child (0-6) 178 89 89
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 25 15 10
Literacy 82.61 % 84.88 % 80.16 %
Total Workers 654 512 142
Main Worker 538 - -
Marginal Worker 116 87 29

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 1.42 % of total population in Kalighat village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kalighat village of North and Middle Andaman.

Work Profile

In Kalighat village out of total population, 654 were engaged in work activities. 82.26 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 17.74 % 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.