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Burigaon Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Burigaon is a medium size village located in Singur Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 311 families residing. The Burigaon village has population of 1291 of which 665 are males while 626 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Burigaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 7.82 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Burigaon village is 941 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Burigaon as per census is 741, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Burigaon village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Burigaon village was 87.23 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Burigaon Male literacy stands at 92.59 % while female literacy rate was 81.65 %.

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

Burigaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 311 - -
Population 1,291 665 626
Child (0-6) 101 58 43
Schedule Caste 24 15 9
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 87.23 % 92.59 % 81.65 %
Total Workers 472 443 29
Main Worker 455 - -
Marginal Worker 17 15 2

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.86 % of total population in Burigaon village. The village Burigaon currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Burigaon village out of total population, 472 were engaged in work activities. 96.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 3.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 472 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 48 were Agricultural labourer.