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Bhalgam Population - Banaskantha, Gujarat

Bhalgam is a medium size village located in Vadgam Taluka of Banaskantha district, Gujarat with total 222 families residing. The Bhalgam village has population of 1091 of which 566 are males while 525 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Bhalgam village population of children with age 0-6 is 153 which makes up 14.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Bhalgam village is 928 which is higher than Gujarat state average of 919. Child Sex Ratio for the Bhalgam as per census is 843, lower than Gujarat average of 890.

Bhalgam village has lower literacy rate compared to Gujarat. In 2011, literacy rate of Bhalgam village was 74.41 % compared to 78.03 % of Gujarat. In Bhalgam Male literacy stands at 89.03 % while female literacy rate was 58.90 %.

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

Bhalgam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 222 - -
Population 1,091 566 525
Child (0-6) 153 83 70
Schedule Caste 311 164 147
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.41 % 89.03 % 58.90 %
Total Workers 419 354 65
Main Worker 396 - -
Marginal Worker 23 5 18

Caste Factor

Bhalgam village of Banaskantha has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 28.51 % of total population in Bhalgam village. The village Bhalgam currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Bhalgam village out of total population, 419 were engaged in work activities. 94.51 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 5.49 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 419 workers engaged in Main Work, 112 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 155 were Agricultural labourer.