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Balaigaon Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Balaigaon is a large village located in Hemtabad Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 480 families residing. The Balaigaon village has population of 2173 of which 1115 are males while 1058 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balaigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 313 which makes up 14.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balaigaon village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balaigaon as per census is 886, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Balaigaon village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balaigaon village was 67.26 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balaigaon Male literacy stands at 72.29 % while female literacy rate was 62.02 %.

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

Balaigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 480 - -
Population 2,173 1,115 1,058
Child (0-6) 313 166 147
Schedule Caste 65 27 38
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.26 % 72.29 % 62.02 %
Total Workers 713 597 116
Main Worker 382 - -
Marginal Worker 331 241 90

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.99 % of total population in Balaigaon village. The village Balaigaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balaigaon village out of total population, 713 were engaged in work activities. 53.58 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 46.42 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 713 workers engaged in Main Work, 164 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 137 were Agricultural labourer.