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Mahishgot Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Mahishgot is a medium size village located in Contai - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 225 families residing. The Mahishgot village has population of 1033 of which 523 are males while 510 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishgot village population of children with age 0-6 is 101 which makes up 9.78 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishgot village is 975 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishgot as per census is 1020, 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 94.53 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishgot Male literacy stands at 98.31 % while female literacy rate was 90.63 %.

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 225 - -
Population 1,033 523 510
Child (0-6) 101 50 51
Schedule Caste 29 17 12
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 94.53 % 98.31 % 90.63 %
Total Workers 304 280 24
Main Worker 68 - -
Marginal Worker 236 220 16

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 2.81 % 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, 304 were engaged in work activities. 22.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 77.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 304 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 10 were Agricultural labourer.