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Maisha Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Maisha is a medium size village located in Keshpur Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 78 families residing. The Maisha village has population of 337 of which 178 are males while 159 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maisha village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 15.43 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maisha village is 893 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maisha as per census is 529, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maisha village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maisha village was 80.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maisha Male literacy stands at 86.81 % while female literacy rate was 73.76 %.

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

Maisha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 78 - -
Population 337 178 159
Child (0-6) 52 34 18
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 7 4 3
Literacy 80.35 % 86.81 % 73.76 %
Total Workers 127 90 37
Main Worker 73 - -
Marginal Worker 54 20 34

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 2.08 % of total population in Maisha village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Maisha village of Paschim Medinipur.

Work Profile

In Maisha village out of total population, 127 were engaged in work activities. 57.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 42.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 127 workers engaged in Main Work, 68 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 4 were Agricultural labourer.