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Balakat Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Balakat is a medium size village located in Chanchal - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 50 families residing. The Balakat village has population of 260 of which 116 are males while 144 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balakat village population of children with age 0-6 is 37 which makes up 14.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balakat village is 1241 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balakat as per census is 947, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Balakat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balakat village was 66.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balakat Male literacy stands at 75.26 % while female literacy rate was 59.52 %.

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

Balakat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 50 - -
Population 260 116 144
Child (0-6) 37 19 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.37 % 75.26 % 59.52 %
Total Workers 119 64 55
Main Worker 16 - -
Marginal Worker 103 60 43

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Balakat village out of total population, 119 were engaged in work activities. 13.45 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 86.55 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 119 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.