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Mashagan Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Mashagan is a medium size village located in Contai - III Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 297 families residing. The Mashagan village has population of 1266 of which 650 are males while 616 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mashagan village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 10.90 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mashagan village is 948 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mashagan as per census is 971, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mashagan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mashagan village was 90.87 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mashagan Male literacy stands at 95.34 % while female literacy rate was 86.13 %.

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

Mashagan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 297 - -
Population 1,266 650 616
Child (0-6) 138 70 68
Schedule Caste 317 162 155
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 90.87 % 95.34 % 86.13 %
Total Workers 458 371 87
Main Worker 205 - -
Marginal Worker 253 190 63

Caste Factor

Mashagan village of Purba Medinipur has substantial population of Schedule Caste. Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 25.04 % of total population in Mashagan village. The village Mashagan currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mashagan village out of total population, 458 were engaged in work activities. 44.76 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.24 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 458 workers engaged in Main Work, 139 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 1 were Agricultural labourer.