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Balihara Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Balihara is a medium size village located in Harirampur Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 445 families residing. The Balihara village has population of 1862 of which 964 are males while 898 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balihara village population of children with age 0-6 is 254 which makes up 13.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balihara village is 932 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balihara as per census is 1016, 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 70.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balihara Male literacy stands at 72.91 % while female literacy rate was 67.53 %.

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 445 - -
Population 1,862 964 898
Child (0-6) 254 126 128
Schedule Caste 126 63 63
Schedule Tribe 1 1 0
Literacy 70.34 % 72.91 % 67.53 %
Total Workers 708 524 184
Main Worker 668 - -
Marginal Worker 40 24 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 6.77 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.05 % of total population in Balihara village.

Work Profile

In Balihara village out of total population, 708 were engaged in work activities. 94.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 708 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 229 were Agricultural labourer.