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Bhalagara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Bhalagara is a medium size village located in Para Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 326 families residing. The Bhalagara village has population of 1746 of which 859 are males while 887 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhalagara village population of children with age 0-6 is 303 which makes up 17.35 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhalagara village is 1033 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhalagara as per census is 1047, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Bhalagara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhalagara village was 69.51 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bhalagara Male literacy stands at 81.29 % while female literacy rate was 58.06 %.

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

Bhalagara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 326 - -
Population 1,746 859 887
Child (0-6) 303 148 155
Schedule Caste 233 114 119
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.51 % 81.29 % 58.06 %
Total Workers 456 442 14
Main Worker 313 - -
Marginal Worker 143 140 3

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.34 % of total population in Bhalagara village. The village Bhalagara currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bhalagara village out of total population, 456 were engaged in work activities. 68.64 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.36 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 456 workers engaged in Main Work, 110 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 100 were Agricultural labourer.