Balai Chak Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Balai Chak is a medium size village located in Arambag Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 171 families residing. The Balai Chak village has population of 737 of which 393 are males while 344 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balai Chak village population of children with age 0-6 is 88 which makes up 11.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balai Chak village is 875 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balai Chak as per census is 1444, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Balai Chak village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balai Chak village was 87.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balai Chak Male literacy stands at 93.28 % while female literacy rate was 79.45 %.

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

Balai Chak Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	171	-	-
Population	737	393	344
Child (0-6)	88	36	52
Schedule Caste	382	200	182
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	87.06 %	93.28 %	79.45 %
Total Workers	241	231	10
Main Worker	96	-	-
Marginal Worker	145	141	4

Caste Factor

In Balai Chak village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 51.83 % of total population in Balai Chak village. The village Balai Chak currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Balai Chak village out of total population, 241 were engaged in work activities. 39.83 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 60.17 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 241 workers engaged in Main Work, 33 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 17 were Agricultural labourer.