Makra Population - Uttar Dinajpur, West Bengal

Makra is a medium size village located in Raiganj Block of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 265 families residing. The Makra village has population of 1274 of which 685 are males while 589 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Makra village population of children with age 0-6 is 165 which makes up 12.95 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Makra village is 860 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Makra as per census is 919, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Makra village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Makra village was 69.34 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Makra Male literacy stands at 80.30 % while female literacy rate was 56.47 %.

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

Makra Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	265	-	-
Population	1,274	685	589
Child (0-6)	165	86	79
Schedule Caste	1,005	535	470
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	69.34 %	80.30 %	56.47 %
Total Workers	440	391	49
Main Worker	360	-	-
Marginal Worker	80	61	19

Caste Factor

In Makra village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 78.89 % of total population in Makra village. The village Makra currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Makra village out of total population, 440 were engaged in work activities. 81.82 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 18.18 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 440 workers engaged in Main Work, 131 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 38 were Agricultural labourer.