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Mahishakhor Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Mahishakhor is a medium size village located in Goalpokhar - II Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 196 families residing. The Mahishakhor village has population of 1051 of which 542 are males while 509 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishakhor village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 13.04 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishakhor village is 939 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishakhor as per census is 1045, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishakhor village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishakhor village was 62.04 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishakhor Male literacy stands at 67.37 % while female literacy rate was 56.26 %.

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

Mahishakhor Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 196 - -
Population 1,051 542 509
Child (0-6) 137 67 70
Schedule Caste 26 14 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 62.04 % 67.37 % 56.26 %
Total Workers 335 241 94
Main Worker 216 - -
Marginal Worker 119 38 81

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.47 % of total population in Mahishakhor village. The village Mahishakhor currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahishakhor village out of total population, 335 were engaged in work activities. 64.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 35.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 335 workers engaged in Main Work, 106 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 42 were Agricultural labourer.