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Mahalitora Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Mahalitora is a medium size village located in Purulia - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 193 families residing. The Mahalitora village has population of 1272 of which 771 are males while 501 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahalitora village population of children with age 0-6 is 159 which makes up 12.50 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahalitora village is 650 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahalitora as per census is 988, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahalitora village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahalitora village was 75.20 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahalitora Male literacy stands at 88.28 % while female literacy rate was 53.79 %.

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

Mahalitora Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 193 - -
Population 1,272 771 501
Child (0-6) 159 80 79
Schedule Caste 19 16 3
Schedule Tribe 15 13 2
Literacy 75.20 % 88.28 % 53.79 %
Total Workers 321 255 66
Main Worker 153 - -
Marginal Worker 168 114 54

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.49 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.18 % of total population in Mahalitora village.

Work Profile

In Mahalitora village out of total population, 321 were engaged in work activities. 47.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 52.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 321 workers engaged in Main Work, 10 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 46 were Agricultural labourer.