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Mahanagar Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Mahanagar is a medium size village located in Egra - II Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 369 families residing. The Mahanagar village has population of 1875 of which 1007 are males while 868 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahanagar village population of children with age 0-6 is 201 which makes up 10.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahanagar village is 862 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahanagar as per census is 861, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahanagar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahanagar village was 92.83 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahanagar Male literacy stands at 97.22 % while female literacy rate was 87.74 %.

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

Mahanagar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 369 - -
Population 1,875 1,007 868
Child (0-6) 201 108 93
Schedule Caste 1,449 771 678
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 92.83 % 97.22 % 87.74 %
Total Workers 613 549 64
Main Worker 474 - -
Marginal Worker 139 100 39

Caste Factor

In Mahanagar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 77.28 % of total population in Mahanagar village. The village Mahanagar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahanagar village out of total population, 613 were engaged in work activities. 77.32 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.68 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 613 workers engaged in Main Work, 206 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 24 were Agricultural labourer.