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Bahirkap Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Bahirkap is a large village located in Ratua - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 819 families residing. The Bahirkap village has population of 4549 of which 2303 are males while 2246 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bahirkap village population of children with age 0-6 is 823 which makes up 18.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bahirkap village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bahirkap as per census is 964, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bahirkap village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bahirkap village was 60.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bahirkap Male literacy stands at 63.00 % while female literacy rate was 58.74 %.

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

Bahirkap Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 819 - -
Population 4,549 2,303 2,246
Child (0-6) 823 419 404
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 60.90 % 63.00 % 58.74 %
Total Workers 1,204 987 217
Main Worker 901 - -
Marginal Worker 303 188 115

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Bahirkap village out of total population, 1204 were engaged in work activities. 74.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1204 workers engaged in Main Work, 595 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.