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Makra Population - Birbhum, West Bengal

Makra is a medium size village located in Illambazar Block of Birbhum district, West Bengal with total 349 families residing. The Makra village has population of 1480 of which 757 are males while 723 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Makra village population of children with age 0-6 is 215 which makes up 14.53 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Makra village is 955 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Makra as per census is 937, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Makra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Makra village was 67.59 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Makra Male literacy stands at 69.81 % while female literacy rate was 65.27 %.

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

Makra Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 349 - -
Population 1,480 757 723
Child (0-6) 215 111 104
Schedule Caste 199 100 99
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 67.59 % 69.81 % 65.27 %
Total Workers 552 430 122
Main Worker 131 - -
Marginal Worker 421 302 119

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.45 % of total population in Makra village. The village Makra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Makra village out of total population, 552 were engaged in work activities. 23.73 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 76.27 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 552 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 19 were Agricultural labourer.