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Belar Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Belar is a medium size village located in Pingla Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 284 families residing. The Belar village has population of 1152 of which 581 are males while 571 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Belar village population of children with age 0-6 is 150 which makes up 13.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Belar village is 983 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Belar as per census is 875, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Belar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Belar village was 76.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Belar Male literacy stands at 89.82 % while female literacy rate was 63.07 %.

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

Belar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 284 - -
Population 1,152 581 571
Child (0-6) 150 80 70
Schedule Caste 672 332 340
Schedule Tribe 299 159 140
Literacy 76.45 % 89.82 % 63.07 %
Total Workers 519 309 210
Main Worker 488 - -
Marginal Worker 31 15 16

Caste Factor

In Belar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 58.33 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 25.95 % of total population in Belar village.

Work Profile

In Belar village out of total population, 519 were engaged in work activities. 94.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 519 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 253 were Agricultural labourer.