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Balihara Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Balihara is a medium size village located in Raiganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 150 families residing. The Balihara village has population of 694 of which 361 are males while 333 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balihara village population of children with age 0-6 is 123 which makes up 17.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balihara village is 922 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balihara as per census is 984, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Balihara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balihara village was 58.84 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balihara Male literacy stands at 59.53 % while female literacy rate was 58.09 %.

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

Balihara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 150 - -
Population 694 361 333
Child (0-6) 123 62 61
Schedule Caste 78 41 37
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 58.84 % 59.53 % 58.09 %
Total Workers 248 187 61
Main Worker 173 - -
Marginal Worker 75 29 46

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.24 % of total population in Balihara village. The village Balihara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balihara village out of total population, 248 were engaged in work activities. 69.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 248 workers engaged in Main Work, 96 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.