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Elam Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Elam is a medium size village located in Chanchal - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 322 families residing. The Elam village has population of 1383 of which 693 are males while 690 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Elam village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 16.05 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Elam village is 996 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Elam as per census is 1056, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Elam village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Elam village was 69.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Elam Male literacy stands at 71.97 % while female literacy rate was 67.36 %.

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

Elam Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 322 - -
Population 1,383 693 690
Child (0-6) 222 108 114
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.68 % 71.97 % 67.36 %
Total Workers 531 409 122
Main Worker 347 - -
Marginal Worker 184 78 106

Caste Factor

There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) and Schedule Tribe(ST) in Elam village of Maldah district.

Work Profile

In Elam village out of total population, 531 were engaged in work activities. 65.35 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 34.65 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 531 workers engaged in Main Work, 130 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 137 were Agricultural labourer.