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Mahishmura Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Mahishmura is a medium size village located in Salanpur Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 167 families residing. The Mahishmura village has population of 941 of which 499 are males while 442 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishmura village population of children with age 0-6 is 132 which makes up 14.03 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishmura village is 886 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishmura as per census is 784, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishmura village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishmura village was 71.32 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishmura Male literacy stands at 85.88 % while female literacy rate was 55.21 %.

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

Mahishmura Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 167 - -
Population 941 499 442
Child (0-6) 132 74 58
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 71.32 % 85.88 % 55.21 %
Total Workers 302 278 24
Main Worker 37 - -
Marginal Worker 265 245 20

Caste Factor

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

Work Profile

In Mahishmura village out of total population, 302 were engaged in work activities. 12.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 87.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 302 workers engaged in Main Work, 1 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.