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Meherapur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Meherapur is a large village located in Kaliachak - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 1062 families residing. The Meherapur village has population of 4713 of which 2415 are males while 2298 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meherapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 781 which makes up 16.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meherapur village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Meherapur as per census is 919, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Meherapur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Meherapur village was 69.94 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Meherapur Male literacy stands at 74.80 % while female literacy rate was 64.86 %.

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

Meherapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,062 - -
Population 4,713 2,415 2,298
Child (0-6) 781 407 374
Schedule Caste 124 68 56
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 69.94 % 74.80 % 64.86 %
Total Workers 2,502 1,365 1,137
Main Worker 1,322 - -
Marginal Worker 1,180 331 849

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.63 % of total population in Meherapur village. The village Meherapur currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Meherapur village out of total population, 2502 were engaged in work activities. 52.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 47.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2502 workers engaged in Main Work, 114 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 448 were Agricultural labourer.