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Meshera Population - Hugli, West Bengal

Meshera is a medium size village located in Haripal Block of Hugli district, West Bengal with total 277 families residing. The Meshera village has population of 1187 of which 608 are males while 579 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meshera village population of children with age 0-6 is 140 which makes up 11.79 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meshera village is 952 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Meshera as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Meshera village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Meshera village was 78.03 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Meshera Male literacy stands at 83.27 % while female literacy rate was 72.50 %.

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

Meshera Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 277 - -
Population 1,187 608 579
Child (0-6) 140 70 70
Schedule Caste 223 124 99
Schedule Tribe 48 22 26
Literacy 78.03 % 83.27 % 72.50 %
Total Workers 469 400 69
Main Worker 202 - -
Marginal Worker 267 219 48

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 18.79 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 4.04 % of total population in Meshera village.

Work Profile

In Meshera village out of total population, 469 were engaged in work activities. 43.07 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 56.93 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 469 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 62 were Agricultural labourer.