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Mahala Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Mahala is a medium size village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 231 families residing. The Mahala village has population of 992 of which 506 are males while 486 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahala village population of children with age 0-6 is 109 which makes up 10.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahala village is 960 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahala as per census is 1224, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahala village was 76.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahala Male literacy stands at 81.84 % while female literacy rate was 70.19 %.

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

Mahala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 231 - -
Population 992 506 486
Child (0-6) 109 49 60
Schedule Caste 14 8 6
Schedule Tribe 624 308 316
Literacy 76.22 % 81.84 % 70.19 %
Total Workers 553 301 252
Main Worker 396 - -
Marginal Worker 157 38 119

Caste Factor

In Mahala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 62.90 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.41 % of total population in Mahala village.

Work Profile

In Mahala village out of total population, 553 were engaged in work activities. 71.61 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 28.39 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 553 workers engaged in Main Work, 134 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 234 were Agricultural labourer.