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Mahara Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Mahara is a medium size village located in Manbazar - I Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 340 families residing. The Mahara village has population of 1678 of which 852 are males while 826 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahara village population of children with age 0-6 is 200 which makes up 11.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahara village is 969 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahara as per census is 905, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahara village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahara village was 62.72 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahara Male literacy stands at 76.84 % while female literacy rate was 48.29 %.

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

Mahara Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 340 - -
Population 1,678 852 826
Child (0-6) 200 105 95
Schedule Caste 197 97 100
Schedule Tribe 115 64 51
Literacy 62.72 % 76.84 % 48.29 %
Total Workers 935 505 430
Main Worker 413 - -
Marginal Worker 522 191 331

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 11.74 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 6.85 % of total population in Mahara village.

Work Profile

In Mahara village out of total population, 935 were engaged in work activities. 44.17 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.83 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 935 workers engaged in Main Work, 221 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 118 were Agricultural labourer.