Masakpur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Masakpur is a small village located in Balurghat Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 34 families residing. The Masakpur village has population of 129 of which 63 are males while 66 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Masakpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 15 which makes up 11.63 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Masakpur village is 1048 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Masakpur as per census is 667, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Masakpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Masakpur village was 33.33 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Masakpur Male literacy stands at 35.19 % while female literacy rate was 31.67 %.

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

Masakpur Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	34	-	-
Population	129	63	66
Child (0-6)	15	9	6
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	127	63	64
Literacy	33.33 %	35.19 %	31.67 %
Total Workers	59	34	25
Main Worker	34	-	-
Marginal Worker	25	9	16

Caste Factor

In Masakpur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 98.45 % of total population in Masakpur village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Masakpur village of Dakshin Dinajpur.

Work Profile

In Masakpur village out of total population, 59 were engaged in work activities. 57.63 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.37 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 59 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 25 were Agricultural labourer.