Balighari Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Balighari is a medium size village located in Dhaniakhali Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 379 families residing. The Balighari village has population of 1480 of which 712 are males while 768 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Balighari village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 10.34 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Balighari village is 1079 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Balighari as per census is 1125, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Balighari village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Balighari village was 73.47 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Balighari Male literacy stands at 80.78 % while female literacy rate was 66.67 %.

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

Balighari Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	379	-	-
Population	1,480	712	768
Child (0-6)	153	72	81
Schedule Caste	556	264	292
Schedule Tribe	123	56	67
Literacy	73.47 %	80.78 %	66.67 %
Total Workers	674	451	223
Main Worker	421	-	-
Marginal Worker	253	105	148

Caste Factor

In Balighari village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 37.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 8.31 % of total population in Balighari village.

Work Profile

In Balighari village out of total population, 674 were engaged in work activities. 62.46 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.54 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 674 workers engaged in Main Work, 105 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 174 were Agricultural labourer.