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Bachahar Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Bachahar is a medium size village located in Gazole Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 212 families residing. The Bachahar village has population of 1096 of which 566 are males while 530 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bachahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 191 which makes up 17.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bachahar village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bachahar as per census is 752, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bachahar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bachahar village was 67.85 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bachahar Male literacy stands at 73.30 % while female literacy rate was 62.28 %.

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

Bachahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 212 - -
Population 1,096 566 530
Child (0-6) 191 109 82
Schedule Caste 294 153 141
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.85 % 73.30 % 62.28 %
Total Workers 427 286 141
Main Worker 253 - -
Marginal Worker 174 42 132

Caste Factor

Bachahar village of Maldah has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 26.82 % of total population in Bachahar village. The village Bachahar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bachahar village out of total population, 427 were engaged in work activities. 59.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 427 workers engaged in Main Work, 211 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 29 were Agricultural labourer.