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Mehur Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Mehur is a medium size village located in Tapan Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 110 families residing. The Mehur village has population of 469 of which 239 are males while 230 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mehur village population of children with age 0-6 is 56 which makes up 11.94 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mehur village is 962 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mehur as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mehur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mehur village was 54.00 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mehur Male literacy stands at 58.29 % while female literacy rate was 49.50 %.

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

Mehur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 110 - -
Population 469 239 230
Child (0-6) 56 28 28
Schedule Caste 104 53 51
Schedule Tribe 343 175 168
Literacy 54.00 % 58.29 % 49.50 %
Total Workers 247 145 102
Main Worker 151 - -
Marginal Worker 96 2 94

Caste Factor

In Mehur village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 73.13 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 22.17 % of total population in Mehur village.

Work Profile

In Mehur village out of total population, 247 were engaged in work activities. 61.13 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 38.87 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 247 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 91 were Agricultural labourer.