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Maligaon Forest Block Population - Chirang, Assam

Maligaon Forest Block is a medium size village located in Kokrajhar Circle of Chirang district, Assam with total 235 families residing. The Maligaon Forest Block village has population of 1194 of which 591 are males while 603 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maligaon Forest Block village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 13.48 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maligaon Forest Block village is 1020 which is higher than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Maligaon Forest Block as per census is 988, higher than Assam average of 962.

Maligaon Forest Block village has lower literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Maligaon Forest Block village was 62.34 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Maligaon Forest Block Male literacy stands at 69.41 % while female literacy rate was 55.45 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Maligaon Forest Block 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 Maligaon Forest Block village.

Maligaon Forest Block Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 235 - -
Population 1,194 591 603
Child (0-6) 161 81 80
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 978 482 496
Literacy 62.34 % 69.41 % 55.45 %
Total Workers 653 344 309
Main Worker 457 - -
Marginal Worker 196 55 141

Caste Factor

In Maligaon Forest Block village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 81.91 % of total population in Maligaon Forest Block village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maligaon Forest Block village of Chirang.

Work Profile

In Maligaon Forest Block village out of total population, 653 were engaged in work activities. 69.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 30.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 653 workers engaged in Main Work, 282 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.