Bara Elajan is a medium size village located in Cooch Behar - I Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 365 families residing. The Bara Elajan village has population of 1510 of which 768 are males while 742 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Bara Elajan village population of children with age 0-6 is 202 which makes up 13.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bara Elajan village is 966 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bara Elajan as per census is 870, lower than West Bengal average of 956.
Bara Elajan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bara Elajan village was 65.37 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bara Elajan Male literacy stands at 71.06 % while female literacy rate was 59.57 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bara Elajan 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 Bara Elajan village.
Bara Elajan Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
365 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,510 |
768 |
742 |
| Child (0-6) |
202 |
108 |
94 |
| Schedule Caste |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
65.37 % |
71.06 % |
59.57 % |
| Total Workers |
677 |
417 |
260 |
| Main Worker |
436 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
241 |
63 |
178 |
Caste Factor
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.07 % of total population in Bara Elajan village.
The village Bara Elajan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Bara Elajan village out of total population, 677 were engaged in work activities. 64.40 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.60 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 677 workers engaged in Main Work, 62 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 276 were Agricultural labourer.