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Mahapur Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Mahapur is a medium size village located in Panskura Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 142 families residing. The Mahapur village has population of 623 of which 327 are males while 296 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahapur village population of children with age 0-6 is 73 which makes up 11.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahapur village is 905 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahapur as per census is 973, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahapur village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahapur village was 82.55 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahapur Male literacy stands at 90.69 % while female literacy rate was 73.46 %.

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

Mahapur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 142 - -
Population 623 327 296
Child (0-6) 73 37 36
Schedule Caste 8 4 4
Schedule Tribe 34 16 18
Literacy 82.55 % 90.69 % 73.46 %
Total Workers 372 197 175
Main Worker 319 - -
Marginal Worker 53 5 48

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.46 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 1.28 % of total population in Mahapur village.

Work Profile

In Mahapur village out of total population, 372 were engaged in work activities. 85.75 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 14.25 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 372 workers engaged in Main Work, 208 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 40 were Agricultural labourer.