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Bahalia Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Bahalia is a medium size village located in Dantan - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 144 families residing. The Bahalia village has population of 533 of which 273 are males while 260 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bahalia village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 10.51 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bahalia village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Bahalia as per census is 931, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Bahalia village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Bahalia village was 71.70 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Bahalia Male literacy stands at 79.92 % while female literacy rate was 63.09 %.

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

Bahalia Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 144 - -
Population 533 273 260
Child (0-6) 56 29 27
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 322 162 160
Literacy 71.70 % 79.92 % 63.09 %
Total Workers 246 156 90
Main Worker 25 - -
Marginal Worker 221 142 79

Caste Factor

In Bahalia village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 60.41 % of total population in Bahalia village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Bahalia village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Bahalia village out of total population, 246 were engaged in work activities. 10.16 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 89.84 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 246 workers engaged in Main Work, 3 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 2 were Agricultural labourer.