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Mahishgot Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Mahishgot is a medium size village located in Nanda Kumar Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 328 families residing. The Mahishgot village has population of 1457 of which 760 are males while 697 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishgot village population of children with age 0-6 is 195 which makes up 13.38 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishgot village is 917 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishgot as per census is 990, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishgot village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishgot village was 86.05 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishgot Male literacy stands at 90.94 % while female literacy rate was 80.67 %.

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

Mahishgot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 328 - -
Population 1,457 760 697
Child (0-6) 195 98 97
Schedule Caste 295 167 128
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 86.05 % 90.94 % 80.67 %
Total Workers 810 485 325
Main Worker 477 - -
Marginal Worker 333 101 232

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 20.25 % of total population in Mahishgot village. The village Mahishgot currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahishgot village out of total population, 810 were engaged in work activities. 58.89 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 41.11 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 810 workers engaged in Main Work, 149 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 147 were Agricultural labourer.