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Mahishakati Population - North Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Mahishakati is a medium size village located in Gaighata Block of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 472 families residing. The Mahishakati village has population of 1972 of which 987 are males while 985 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishakati village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 9.33 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishakati village is 998 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishakati as per census is 1091, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishakati village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishakati village was 76.45 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishakati Male literacy stands at 82.76 % while female literacy rate was 70.08 %.

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

Mahishakati Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 472 - -
Population 1,972 987 985
Child (0-6) 184 88 96
Schedule Caste 526 249 277
Schedule Tribe 643 321 322
Literacy 76.45 % 82.76 % 70.08 %
Total Workers 706 588 118
Main Worker 629 - -
Marginal Worker 77 53 24

Caste Factor

In Mahishakati village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC) & Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 32.61 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 26.67 % of total population in Mahishakati village.

Work Profile

In Mahishakati village out of total population, 706 were engaged in work activities. 89.09 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.91 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 706 workers engaged in Main Work, 182 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 366 were Agricultural labourer.