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Mahapal Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Mahapal is a medium size village located in Gopiballavpur - II Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 353 families residing. The Mahapal village has population of 1867 of which 943 are males while 924 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahapal village population of children with age 0-6 is 220 which makes up 11.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahapal village is 980 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahapal as per census is 1075, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahapal village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahapal village was 79.30 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahapal Male literacy stands at 91.16 % while female literacy rate was 67.04 %.

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

Mahapal Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 353 - -
Population 1,867 943 924
Child (0-6) 220 106 114
Schedule Caste 1,212 610 602
Schedule Tribe 52 26 26
Literacy 79.30 % 91.16 % 67.04 %
Total Workers 681 532 149
Main Worker 623 - -
Marginal Worker 58 21 37

Caste Factor

In Mahapal village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 64.92 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.79 % of total population in Mahapal village.

Work Profile

In Mahapal village out of total population, 681 were engaged in work activities. 91.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 681 workers engaged in Main Work, 172 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 206 were Agricultural labourer.