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Paligaon Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Paligaon is a medium size village located in Kaliaganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 380 families residing. The Paligaon village has population of 1834 of which 955 are males while 879 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Paligaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 266 which makes up 14.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Paligaon village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Paligaon as per census is 1094, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Paligaon village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Paligaon village was 81.44 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Paligaon Male literacy stands at 84.66 % while female literacy rate was 77.84 %.

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

Paligaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 380 - -
Population 1,834 955 879
Child (0-6) 266 127 139
Schedule Caste 58 32 26
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.44 % 84.66 % 77.84 %
Total Workers 688 526 162
Main Worker 615 - -
Marginal Worker 73 38 35

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 3.16 % of total population in Paligaon village. The village Paligaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Paligaon village out of total population, 688 were engaged in work activities. 89.39 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.61 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 688 workers engaged in Main Work, 394 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 72 were Agricultural labourer.