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Banchhair Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Banchhair is a small village located in Habibpur Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 31 families residing. The Banchhair village has population of 165 of which 82 are males while 83 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Banchhair village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 9.09 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Banchhair village is 1012 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Banchhair as per census is 875, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Banchhair village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Banchhair village was 55.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Banchhair Male literacy stands at 60.81 % while female literacy rate was 50.00 %.

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

Banchhair Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 31 - -
Population 165 82 83
Child (0-6) 15 8 7
Schedule Caste 117 57 60
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 55.33 % 60.81 % 50.00 %
Total Workers 96 57 39
Main Worker 53 - -
Marginal Worker 43 7 36

Caste Factor

In Banchhair village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 70.91 % of total population in Banchhair village. The village Banchhair currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Banchhair village out of total population, 96 were engaged in work activities. 55.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 96 workers engaged in Main Work, 20 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 33 were Agricultural labourer.