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Hugli Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Hugli is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 85 families residing. The Hugli village has population of 407 of which 203 are males while 204 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Hugli village population of children with age 0-6 is 48 which makes up 11.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Hugli village is 1005 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Hugli as per census is 1526, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Hugli village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Hugli village was 85.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Hugli Male literacy stands at 93.48 % while female literacy rate was 77.71 %.

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

Hugli Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 85 - -
Population 407 203 204
Child (0-6) 48 19 29
Schedule Caste 43 22 21
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 85.79 % 93.48 % 77.71 %
Total Workers 161 133 28
Main Worker 100 - -
Marginal Worker 61 38 23

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.57 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.49 % of total population in Hugli village.

Work Profile

In Hugli village out of total population, 161 were engaged in work activities. 62.11 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.89 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 161 workers engaged in Main Work, 41 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 20 were Agricultural labourer.