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Mahishdol Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Mahishdol is a large village located in Panskura Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 475 families residing. The Mahishdol village has population of 2439 of which 1270 are males while 1169 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishdol village population of children with age 0-6 is 338 which makes up 13.86 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishdol village is 920 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishdol as per census is 943, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishdol village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishdol village was 80.68 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishdol Male literacy stands at 86.59 % while female literacy rate was 74.23 %.

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

Mahishdol Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 475 - -
Population 2,439 1,270 1,169
Child (0-6) 338 174 164
Schedule Caste 562 282 280
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 80.68 % 86.59 % 74.23 %
Total Workers 960 756 204
Main Worker 675 - -
Marginal Worker 285 116 169

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 23.04 % of total population in Mahishdol village. The village Mahishdol currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahishdol village out of total population, 960 were engaged in work activities. 70.31 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.69 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 960 workers engaged in Main Work, 56 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 108 were Agricultural labourer.