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Mahuda Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Mahuda is a medium size village located in Jhalda - II Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 117 families residing. The Mahuda village has population of 618 of which 304 are males while 314 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahuda village population of children with age 0-6 is 106 which makes up 17.15 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahuda village is 1033 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahuda as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahuda village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahuda village was 52.93 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahuda Male literacy stands at 67.33 % while female literacy rate was 39.08 %.

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

Mahuda Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 117 - -
Population 618 304 314
Child (0-6) 106 53 53
Schedule Caste 81 41 40
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 52.93 % 67.33 % 39.08 %
Total Workers 348 174 174
Main Worker 168 - -
Marginal Worker 180 71 109

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 13.11 % of total population in Mahuda village. The village Mahuda currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahuda village out of total population, 348 were engaged in work activities. 48.28 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 51.72 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 348 workers engaged in Main Work, 127 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.