Bholachatra is a medium size village located in Sitai Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 352 families residing. The Bholachatra village has population of 1463 of which 757 are males while 706 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Bholachatra village population of children with age 0-6 is 189 which makes up 12.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bholachatra village is 933 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bholachatra as per census is 835, lower than West Bengal average of 956.
Bholachatra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bholachatra village was 63.81 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bholachatra Male literacy stands at 67.74 % while female literacy rate was 59.68 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Bholachatra 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 Bholachatra village.
Bholachatra Data
| Particulars |
Total |
Male |
Female |
| Total No. of Houses |
352 |
- |
- |
| Population |
1,463 |
757 |
706 |
| Child (0-6) |
189 |
103 |
86 |
| Schedule Caste |
545 |
279 |
266 |
| Schedule Tribe |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| Literacy |
63.81 % |
67.74 % |
59.68 % |
| Total Workers |
589 |
411 |
178 |
| Main Worker |
435 |
- |
- |
| Marginal Worker |
154 |
41 |
113 |
Caste Factor
In Bholachatra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC).
Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.25 % of total population in Bholachatra village.
The village Bholachatra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.
Work Profile
In Bholachatra village out of total population, 589 were engaged in work activities. 73.85 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 26.15 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months.
Of 589 workers engaged in Main Work, 146 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 177 were Agricultural labourer.