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Mahishagot Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Mahishagot is a medium size village located in Deshopran Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 274 families residing. The Mahishagot village has population of 1278 of which 660 are males while 618 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishagot village population of children with age 0-6 is 161 which makes up 12.60 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishagot village is 936 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishagot as per census is 789, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishagot village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishagot village was 84.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishagot Male literacy stands at 89.47 % while female literacy rate was 80.07 %.

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

Mahishagot Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 274 - -
Population 1,278 660 618
Child (0-6) 161 90 71
Schedule Caste 9 6 3
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 84.87 % 89.47 % 80.07 %
Total Workers 463 397 66
Main Worker 256 - -
Marginal Worker 207 156 51

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 0.70 % of total population in Mahishagot village. The village Mahishagot currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahishagot village out of total population, 463 were engaged in work activities. 55.29 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 44.71 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 463 workers engaged in Main Work, 81 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 35 were Agricultural labourer.