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Mejhiari Population - Barddhaman, West Bengal

Mejhiari is a medium size village located in Katwa - II Block of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 297 families residing. The Mejhiari village has population of 1290 of which 662 are males while 628 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mejhiari village population of children with age 0-6 is 126 which makes up 9.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mejhiari village is 949 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mejhiari as per census is 969, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mejhiari village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mejhiari village was 88.06 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mejhiari Male literacy stands at 88.96 % while female literacy rate was 87.10 %.

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

Mejhiari Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 297 - -
Population 1,290 662 628
Child (0-6) 126 64 62
Schedule Caste 555 285 270
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 88.06 % 88.96 % 87.10 %
Total Workers 527 431 96
Main Worker 442 - -
Marginal Worker 85 30 55

Caste Factor

In Mejhiari village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 43.02 % of total population in Mejhiari village. The village Mejhiari currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mejhiari village out of total population, 527 were engaged in work activities. 83.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 16.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 527 workers engaged in Main Work, 55 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 137 were Agricultural labourer.