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Kahatta Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Kahatta is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 223 families residing. The Kahatta village has population of 905 of which 472 are males while 433 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kahatta village population of children with age 0-6 is 137 which makes up 15.14 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kahatta village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kahatta as per census is 1045, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Kahatta village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kahatta village was 59.90 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kahatta Male literacy stands at 68.40 % while female literacy rate was 50.41 %.

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

Kahatta Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 223 - -
Population 905 472 433
Child (0-6) 137 67 70
Schedule Caste 580 301 279
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 59.90 % 68.40 % 50.41 %
Total Workers 374 288 86
Main Worker 280 - -
Marginal Worker 94 28 66

Caste Factor

In Kahatta village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.09 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.22 % of total population in Kahatta village.

Work Profile

In Kahatta village out of total population, 374 were engaged in work activities. 74.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 25.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 374 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 245 were Agricultural labourer.