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Balahijhora Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Balahijhora is a medium size village located in Kharibari Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 292 families residing. The Balahijhora village has population of 1398 of which 704 are males while 694 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balahijhora village population of children with age 0-6 is 139 which makes up 9.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balahijhora village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balahijhora as per census is 1206, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Balahijhora village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balahijhora village was 78.63 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balahijhora Male literacy stands at 84.56 % while female literacy rate was 72.49 %.

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

Balahijhora Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 292 - -
Population 1,398 704 694
Child (0-6) 139 63 76
Schedule Caste 1,107 544 563
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 78.63 % 84.56 % 72.49 %
Total Workers 571 410 161
Main Worker 435 - -
Marginal Worker 136 48 88

Caste Factor

In Balahijhora village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 79.18 % of total population in Balahijhora village. The village Balahijhora currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balahijhora village out of total population, 571 were engaged in work activities. 76.18 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.82 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 571 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.