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Mahishghat Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Mahishghat is a large village located in Jaynagar - II Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 451 families residing. The Mahishghat village has population of 2127 of which 1064 are males while 1063 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishghat village population of children with age 0-6 is 310 which makes up 14.57 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishghat village is 999 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishghat as per census is 962, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishghat village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishghat village was 70.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishghat Male literacy stands at 76.71 % while female literacy rate was 63.67 %.

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

Mahishghat Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 451 - -
Population 2,127 1,064 1,063
Child (0-6) 310 158 152
Schedule Caste 825 422 403
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 70.17 % 76.71 % 63.67 %
Total Workers 835 600 235
Main Worker 585 - -
Marginal Worker 250 100 150

Caste Factor

In Mahishghat village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 38.79 % of total population in Mahishghat village. The village Mahishghat currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahishghat village out of total population, 835 were engaged in work activities. 70.06 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.94 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 835 workers engaged in Main Work, 40 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 173 were Agricultural labourer.