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Belan Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Belan is a large village located in Goalpokhar - II Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 783 families residing. The Belan village has population of 4054 of which 2126 are males while 1928 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Belan village population of children with age 0-6 is 838 which makes up 20.67 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Belan village is 907 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Belan as per census is 909, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Belan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Belan village was 44.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Belan Male literacy stands at 50.44 % while female literacy rate was 37.41 %.

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

Belan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 783 - -
Population 4,054 2,126 1,928
Child (0-6) 838 439 399
Schedule Caste 1,364 720 644
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 44.25 % 50.44 % 37.41 %
Total Workers 1,214 989 225
Main Worker 995 - -
Marginal Worker 219 157 62

Caste Factor

Belan village of Uttar Dinajpur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 33.65 % of total population in Belan village. The village Belan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Belan village out of total population, 1214 were engaged in work activities. 81.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1214 workers engaged in Main Work, 104 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 590 were Agricultural labourer.