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Hijli Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Hijli is a medium size village located in Kalna - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 126 families residing. The Hijli village has population of 575 of which 297 are males while 278 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hijli village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hijli village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hijli as per census is 1086, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Hijli village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hijli village was 73.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hijli Male literacy stands at 82.06 % while female literacy rate was 64.58 %.

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

Hijli Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 575 297 278
Child (0-6) 73 35 38
Schedule Caste 216 113 103
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 73.71 % 82.06 % 64.58 %
Total Workers 261 198 63
Main Worker 245 - -
Marginal Worker 16 4 12

Caste Factor

In Hijli village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.57 % of total population in Hijli village. The village Hijli currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Hijli village out of total population, 261 were engaged in work activities. 93.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 261 workers engaged in Main Work, 74 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 135 were Agricultural labourer.