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Galia Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Galia is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - II Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 210 families residing. The Galia village has population of 1018 of which 522 are males while 496 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Galia village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 19.84 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Galia village is 950 which is equal than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Galia as per census is 942, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Galia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Galia village was 46.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Galia Male literacy stands at 53.83 % while female literacy rate was 38.94 %.

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

Galia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,018 522 496
Child (0-6) 202 104 98
Schedule Caste 599 317 282
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 46.57 % 53.83 % 38.94 %
Total Workers 286 248 38
Main Worker 223 - -
Marginal Worker 63 37 26

Caste Factor

In Galia village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.84 % of total population in Galia village. The village Galia currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Galia village out of total population, 286 were engaged in work activities. 77.97 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.03 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 286 workers engaged in Main Work, 174 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 43 were Agricultural labourer.