Khanta Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Khanta is a medium size village located in Gazole Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 133 families residing. The Khanta village has population of 587 of which 279 are males while 308 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Khanta village population of children with age 0-6 is 105 which makes up 17.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Khanta village is 1104 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Khanta as per census is 1188, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Khanta village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Khanta village was 50.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Khanta Male literacy stands at 61.90 % while female literacy rate was 40.64 %.

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

Khanta Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	133	-	-
Population	587	279	308
Child (0-6)	105	48	57
Schedule Caste	316	140	176
Schedule Tribe	171	88	83
Literacy	50.83 %	61.90 %	40.64 %
Total Workers	307	177	130
Main Worker	203	-	-
Marginal Worker	104	6	98

Caste Factor

In Khanta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 53.83 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 29.13 % of total population in Khanta village.

Work Profile

In Khanta village out of total population, 307 were engaged in work activities. 66.12 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 33.88 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 307 workers engaged in Main Work, 131 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 60 were Agricultural labourer.