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Matsyakhali Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Matsyakhali is a medium size village located in Bishnupur - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 391 families residing. The Matsyakhali village has population of 1717 of which 887 are males while 830 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Matsyakhali village population of children with age 0-6 is 218 which makes up 12.70 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Matsyakhali village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Matsyakhali as per census is 912, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Matsyakhali village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Matsyakhali village was 77.92 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Matsyakhali Male literacy stands at 84.73 % while female literacy rate was 70.66 %.

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

Matsyakhali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 391 - -
Population 1,717 887 830
Child (0-6) 218 114 104
Schedule Caste 1,335 695 640
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 77.92 % 84.73 % 70.66 %
Total Workers 574 455 119
Main Worker 211 - -
Marginal Worker 363 269 94

Caste Factor

In Matsyakhali village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 77.75 % of total population in Matsyakhali village. The village Matsyakhali currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Matsyakhali village out of total population, 574 were engaged in work activities. 36.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 63.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 574 workers engaged in Main Work, 50 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 5 were Agricultural labourer.