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Bakla Population - Jalpaiguri, West Bengal

Bakla is a large village located in Alipurduar - II Block of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal with total 491 families residing. The Bakla village has population of 2004 of which 1059 are males while 945 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bakla village population of children with age 0-6 is 247 which makes up 12.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bakla village is 892 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bakla as per census is 790, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bakla village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bakla village was 85.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bakla Male literacy stands at 89.36 % while female literacy rate was 80.98 %.

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

Bakla Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 491 - -
Population 2,004 1,059 945
Child (0-6) 247 138 109
Schedule Caste 700 372 328
Schedule Tribe 41 24 17
Literacy 85.37 % 89.36 % 80.98 %
Total Workers 669 608 61
Main Worker 588 - -
Marginal Worker 81 66 15

Caste Factor

Bakla village of Jalpaiguri has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 34.93 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.05 % of total population in Bakla village.

Work Profile

In Bakla village out of total population, 669 were engaged in work activities. 87.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 12.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 669 workers engaged in Main Work, 280 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 114 were Agricultural labourer.