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Mekliganj Population - Koch Bihar, West Bengal

Mekliganj is a medium size village located in Mekliganj Block of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal with total 450 families residing. The Mekliganj village has population of 1935 of which 1000 are males while 935 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mekliganj village population of children with age 0-6 is 256 which makes up 13.23 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mekliganj village is 935 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mekliganj as per census is 842, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mekliganj village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mekliganj village was 68.55 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mekliganj Male literacy stands at 74.80 % while female literacy rate was 61.98 %.

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

Mekliganj Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 450 - -
Population 1,935 1,000 935
Child (0-6) 256 139 117
Schedule Caste 771 405 366
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 68.55 % 74.80 % 61.98 %
Total Workers 698 574 124
Main Worker 694 - -
Marginal Worker 4 3 1

Caste Factor

In Mekliganj village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 39.84 % of total population in Mekliganj village. The village Mekliganj currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mekliganj village out of total population, 698 were engaged in work activities. 99.43 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.57 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 698 workers engaged in Main Work, 152 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 412 were Agricultural labourer.