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Mahishagram Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Mahishagram is a medium size village located in Rajnagar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 116 families residing. The Mahishagram village has population of 540 of which 272 are males while 268 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishagram village population of children with age 0-6 is 97 which makes up 17.96 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishagram village is 985 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishagram as per census is 940, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishagram village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishagram village was 35.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishagram Male literacy stands at 41.89 % while female literacy rate was 29.86 %.

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

Mahishagram Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 116 - -
Population 540 272 268
Child (0-6) 97 50 47
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 350 175 175
Literacy 35.89 % 41.89 % 29.86 %
Total Workers 186 149 37
Main Worker 145 - -
Marginal Worker 41 21 20

Caste Factor

In Mahishagram village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 64.81 % of total population in Mahishagram village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mahishagram village of Birbhum.

Work Profile

In Mahishagram village out of total population, 186 were engaged in work activities. 77.96 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.04 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 186 workers engaged in Main Work, 25 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 61 were Agricultural labourer.