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Mahitpur Population - Saraikela Kharsawan, Jharkhand

Mahitpur is a medium size village located in Saraikela Block of Saraikela Kharsawan district, Jharkhand with total 239 families residing. The Mahitpur village has population of 1174 of which 578 are males while 596 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahitpur village population of children with age 0-6 is 138 which makes up 11.75 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahitpur village is 1031 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahitpur as per census is 865, lower than Jharkhand average of 948.

Mahitpur village has higher literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahitpur village was 83.78 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Mahitpur Male literacy stands at 90.28 % while female literacy rate was 77.63 %.

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

Mahitpur Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 239 - -
Population 1,174 578 596
Child (0-6) 138 74 64
Schedule Caste 71 41 30
Schedule Tribe 220 105 115
Literacy 83.78 % 90.28 % 77.63 %
Total Workers 399 274 125
Main Worker 303 - -
Marginal Worker 96 20 76

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 18.74 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 6.05 % of total population in Mahitpur village.

Work Profile

In Mahitpur village out of total population, 399 were engaged in work activities. 75.94 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 24.06 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 399 workers engaged in Main Work, 42 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 18 were Agricultural labourer.