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Mahishasthali Population - Murshidabad, West Bengal

Mahishasthali is a medium size village located in Beldanga - I Block of Murshidabad district, West Bengal with total 371 families residing. The Mahishasthali village has population of 1599 of which 840 are males while 759 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishasthali village population of children with age 0-6 is 204 which makes up 12.76 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishasthali village is 904 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishasthali as per census is 981, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishasthali village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishasthali village was 72.69 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishasthali Male literacy stands at 76.26 % while female literacy rate was 68.69 %.

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

Mahishasthali Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 371 - -
Population 1,599 840 759
Child (0-6) 204 103 101
Schedule Caste 21 11 10
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 72.69 % 76.26 % 68.69 %
Total Workers 489 466 23
Main Worker 456 - -
Marginal Worker 33 27 6

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 1.31 % of total population in Mahishasthali village. The village Mahishasthali currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mahishasthali village out of total population, 489 were engaged in work activities. 93.25 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 6.75 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 489 workers engaged in Main Work, 70 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 139 were Agricultural labourer.