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Mala Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Mala is a medium size village located in Bolpur Sriniketan Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 126 families residing. The Mala village has population of 494 of which 256 are males while 238 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mala village population of children with age 0-6 is 54 which makes up 10.93 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mala village is 930 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mala as per census is 1077, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mala village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mala village was 68.18 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mala Male literacy stands at 76.52 % while female literacy rate was 59.05 %.

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

Mala Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 126 - -
Population 494 256 238
Child (0-6) 54 26 28
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 212 111 101
Literacy 68.18 % 76.52 % 59.05 %
Total Workers 235 160 75
Main Worker 162 - -
Marginal Worker 73 5 68

Caste Factor

In Mala village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 42.91 % of total population in Mala village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Mala village of Birbhum.

Work Profile

In Mala village out of total population, 235 were engaged in work activities. 68.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 31.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 235 workers engaged in Main Work, 83 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 71 were Agricultural labourer.