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Palika Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Palika is a large village located in Tufanganj - II Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 708 families residing. The Palika village has population of 2908 of which 1483 are males while 1425 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Palika village population of children with age 0-6 is 296 which makes up 10.18 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Palika village is 961 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Palika as per census is 1129, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Palika village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Palika village was 80.67 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Palika Male literacy stands at 86.90 % while female literacy rate was 74.05 %.

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

Palika Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 708 - -
Population 2,908 1,483 1,425
Child (0-6) 296 139 157
Schedule Caste 637 341 296
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.67 % 86.90 % 74.05 %
Total Workers 1,088 863 225
Main Worker 834 - -
Marginal Worker 254 86 168

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 21.91 % of total population in Palika village. The village Palika currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Palika village out of total population, 1088 were engaged in work activities. 76.65 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.35 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1088 workers engaged in Main Work, 331 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 195 were Agricultural labourer.