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Bighor Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Bighor is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 111 families residing. The Bighor village has population of 526 of which 277 are males while 249 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bighor village population of children with age 0-6 is 91 which makes up 17.30 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bighor village is 899 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bighor as per census is 784, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bighor village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bighor village was 52.64 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bighor Male literacy stands at 54.87 % while female literacy rate was 50.24 %.

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

Bighor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 111 - -
Population 526 277 249
Child (0-6) 91 51 40
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.64 % 54.87 % 50.24 %
Total Workers 264 170 94
Main Worker 147 - -
Marginal Worker 117 34 83

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Bighor village of Maldah district.

Work Profile

In Bighor village out of total population, 264 were engaged in work activities. 55.68 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.32 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 264 workers engaged in Main Work, 98 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 47 were Agricultural labourer.