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Mekpur Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Mekpur is a medium size village located in Maldah (Old) Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 210 families residing. The Mekpur village has population of 1070 of which 555 are males while 515 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mekpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 170 which makes up 15.89 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mekpur village is 928 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mekpur as per census is 977, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mekpur village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mekpur village was 48.89 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mekpur Male literacy stands at 50.32 % while female literacy rate was 47.33 %.

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

Mekpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 210 - -
Population 1,070 555 515
Child (0-6) 170 86 84
Schedule Caste 113 59 54
Schedule Tribe 11 6 5
Literacy 48.89 % 50.32 % 47.33 %
Total Workers 423 289 134
Main Worker 252 - -
Marginal Worker 171 54 117

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 10.56 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 1.03 % of total population in Mekpur village.

Work Profile

In Mekpur village out of total population, 423 were engaged in work activities. 59.57 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 40.43 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 423 workers engaged in Main Work, 90 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 150 were Agricultural labourer.