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Majerhat Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Majerhat is a large village located in Bhangar - II Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 1543 families residing. The Majerhat village has population of 7797 of which 4065 are males while 3732 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Majerhat village population of children with age 0-6 is 1152 which makes up 14.77 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Majerhat village is 918 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Majerhat as per census is 993, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Majerhat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Majerhat village was 74.57 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Majerhat Male literacy stands at 75.54 % while female literacy rate was 73.50 %.

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

Majerhat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 1,543 - -
Population 7,797 4,065 3,732
Child (0-6) 1,152 578 574
Schedule Caste 29 15 14
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.57 % 75.54 % 73.50 %
Total Workers 2,627 2,336 291
Main Worker 2,238 - -
Marginal Worker 389 258 131

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.37 % of total population in Majerhat village. The village Majerhat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Majerhat village out of total population, 2627 were engaged in work activities. 85.19 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.81 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 2627 workers engaged in Main Work, 793 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 608 were Agricultural labourer.