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Mahishasan Population - Karimganj, Assam

Mahishasan is a medium size village located in Karimganj Circle of Karimganj district, Assam with total 257 families residing. The Mahishasan village has population of 1127 of which 596 are males while 531 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishasan village population of children with age 0-6 is 135 which makes up 11.98 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishasan village is 891 which is lower than Assam state average of 958. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishasan as per census is 875, lower than Assam average of 962.

Mahishasan village has higher literacy rate compared to Assam. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishasan village was 96.98 % compared to 72.19 % of Assam. In Mahishasan Male literacy stands at 98.66 % while female literacy rate was 95.09 %.

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

Mahishasan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 257 - -
Population 1,127 596 531
Child (0-6) 135 72 63
Schedule Caste 364 193 171
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 96.98 % 98.66 % 95.09 %
Total Workers 356 315 41
Main Worker 320 - -
Marginal Worker 36 22 14

Caste Factor

Mahishasan village of Karimganj has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 32.30 % of total population in Mahishasan village. The village Mahishasan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahishasan village out of total population, 356 were engaged in work activities. 89.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 10.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 356 workers engaged in Main Work, 99 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 21 were Agricultural labourer.