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Mahajan Population - Purba Medinipur, West Bengal

Mahajan is a medium size village located in Ramnagar - I Block of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 241 families residing. The Mahajan village has population of 1136 of which 562 are males while 574 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahajan village population of children with age 0-6 is 94 which makes up 8.27 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahajan village is 1021 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahajan as per census is 880, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahajan village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahajan village was 93.09 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahajan Male literacy stands at 96.88 % while female literacy rate was 89.43 %.

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

Mahajan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 241 - -
Population 1,136 562 574
Child (0-6) 94 50 44
Schedule Caste 406 209 197
Schedule Tribe 29 15 14
Literacy 93.09 % 96.88 % 89.43 %
Total Workers 354 315 39
Main Worker 324 - -
Marginal Worker 30 21 9

Caste Factor

In Mahajan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 35.74 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 2.55 % of total population in Mahajan village.

Work Profile

In Mahajan village out of total population, 354 were engaged in work activities. 91.53 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 8.47 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 354 workers engaged in Main Work, 53 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 66 were Agricultural labourer.