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Maska Laiya Population - Sahibganj, Jharkhand

Maska Laiya is a medium size village located in Taljhari Block of Sahibganj district, Jharkhand with total 400 families residing. The Maska Laiya village has population of 1938 of which 1012 are males while 926 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maska Laiya village population of children with age 0-6 is 465 which makes up 23.99 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maska Laiya village is 915 which is lower than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Maska Laiya as per census is 970, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Maska Laiya village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Maska Laiya village was 49.22 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Maska Laiya Male literacy stands at 61.34 % while female literacy rate was 35.72 %.

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

Maska Laiya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 400 - -
Population 1,938 1,012 926
Child (0-6) 465 236 229
Schedule Caste 191 104 87
Schedule Tribe 2 1 1
Literacy 49.22 % 61.34 % 35.72 %
Total Workers 903 494 409
Main Worker 510 - -
Marginal Worker 393 165 228

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 9.86 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.10 % of total population in Maska Laiya village.

Work Profile

In Maska Laiya village out of total population, 903 were engaged in work activities. 56.48 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 43.52 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 903 workers engaged in Main Work, 59 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 279 were Agricultural labourer.