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Maishali Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Maishali is a medium size village located in Potashpur - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 138 families residing. The Maishali village has population of 540 of which 280 are males while 260 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maishali village population of children with age 0-6 is 57 which makes up 10.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maishali village is 929 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maishali as per census is 1192, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Maishali village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maishali village was 97.10 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maishali Male literacy stands at 96.46 % while female literacy rate was 97.82 %.

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

Maishali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 138 - -
Population 540 280 260
Child (0-6) 57 26 31
Schedule Caste 39 25 14
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 97.10 % 96.46 % 97.82 %
Total Workers 182 155 27
Main Worker 149 - -
Marginal Worker 33 18 15

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 7.22 % of total population in Maishali village. The village Maishali currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Maishali village out of total population, 182 were engaged in work activities. 81.87 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.13 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 182 workers engaged in Main Work, 82 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 15 were Agricultural labourer.