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Maharapara Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Maharapara is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 337 families residing. The Maharapara village has population of 1597 of which 818 are males while 779 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maharapara village population of children with age 0-6 is 295 which makes up 18.47 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maharapara village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maharapara as per census is 844, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maharapara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maharapara village was 37.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maharapara Male literacy stands at 54.10 % while female literacy rate was 20.03 %.

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

Maharapara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 337 - -
Population 1,597 818 779
Child (0-6) 295 160 135
Schedule Caste 900 456 444
Schedule Tribe 281 147 134
Literacy 37.25 % 54.10 % 20.03 %
Total Workers 768 469 299
Main Worker 590 - -
Marginal Worker 178 56 122

Caste Factor

In Maharapara village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 56.36 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 17.60 % of total population in Maharapara village.

Work Profile

In Maharapara village out of total population, 768 were engaged in work activities. 76.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 768 workers engaged in Main Work, 144 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 390 were Agricultural labourer.