Bhelai Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Bhelai is a medium size village located in Kaliaganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 320 families residing. The Bhelai village has population of 1294 of which 643 are males while 651 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhelai village population of children with age 0-6 is 209 which makes up 16.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhelai village is 1012 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhelai as per census is 1111, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bhelai village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhelai village was 58.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bhelai Male literacy stands at 65.81 % while female literacy rate was 51.20 %.

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

Bhelai Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	320	-	-
Population	1,294	643	651
Child (0-6)	209	99	110
Schedule Caste	654	326	328
Schedule Tribe	172	85	87
Literacy	58.53 %	65.81 %	51.20 %
Total Workers	578	335	243
Main Worker	386	-	-
Marginal Worker	192	43	149

Caste Factor

In Bhelai village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 50.54 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 13.29 % of total population in Bhelai village.

Work Profile

In Bhelai village out of total population, 578 were engaged in work activities. 66.78 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.22 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 578 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 270 were Agricultural labourer.