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Bijgaon Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Bijgaon is a medium size village located in Raiganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 291 families residing. The Bijgaon village has population of 1342 of which 683 are males while 659 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bijgaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 217 which makes up 16.17 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bijgaon village is 965 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bijgaon as per census is 1047, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bijgaon village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bijgaon village was 62.13 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bijgaon Male literacy stands at 68.28 % while female literacy rate was 55.66 %.

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

Bijgaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 291 - -
Population 1,342 683 659
Child (0-6) 217 106 111
Schedule Caste 624 321 303
Schedule Tribe 22 10 12
Literacy 62.13 % 68.28 % 55.66 %
Total Workers 723 390 333
Main Worker 356 - -
Marginal Worker 367 68 299

Caste Factor

In Bijgaon village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.50 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.64 % of total population in Bijgaon village.

Work Profile

In Bijgaon village out of total population, 723 were engaged in work activities. 49.24 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.76 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 723 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 185 were Agricultural labourer.