Kaliha Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Kaliha is a small village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 42 families residing. The Kaliha village has population of 171 of which 93 are males while 78 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kaliha village population of children with age 0-6 is 19 which makes up 11.11 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kaliha village is 839 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kaliha as per census is 727, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kaliha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kaliha village was 84.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kaliha Male literacy stands at 91.46 % while female literacy rate was 77.14 %.

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

Kaliha Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	42	-	-
Population	171	93	78
Child (0-6)	19	11	8
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	67	33	34
Literacy	84.87 %	91.46 %	77.14 %
Total Workers	81	58	23
Main Worker	58	-	-
Marginal Worker	23	16	7

Caste Factor

In Kaliha village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 39.18 % of total population in Kaliha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Kaliha village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Kaliha village out of total population, 81 were engaged in work activities. 71.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 81 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.