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Muragachha Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Muragachha is a medium size village located in Sonarpur Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 177 families residing. The Muragachha village has population of 728 of which 369 are males while 359 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Muragachha village population of children with age 0-6 is 96 which makes up 13.19 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Muragachha village is 973 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Muragachha as per census is 778, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Muragachha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Muragachha village was 70.25 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Muragachha Male literacy stands at 81.27 % while female literacy rate was 59.31 %.

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

Muragachha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 177 - -
Population 728 369 359
Child (0-6) 96 54 42
Schedule Caste 659 334 325
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.25 % 81.27 % 59.31 %
Total Workers 233 214 19
Main Worker 200 - -
Marginal Worker 33 24 9

Caste Factor

In Muragachha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 90.52 % of total population in Muragachha village. The village Muragachha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Muragachha village out of total population, 233 were engaged in work activities. 85.84 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.16 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 233 workers engaged in Main Work, 2 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 73 were Agricultural labourer.