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Mahishbathan Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Mahishbathan is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 296 families residing. The Mahishbathan village has population of 1446 of which 728 are males while 718 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mahishbathan village population of children with age 0-6 is 184 which makes up 12.72 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mahishbathan village is 986 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mahishbathan as per census is 1022, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mahishbathan village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mahishbathan village was 52.22 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mahishbathan Male literacy stands at 59.34 % while female literacy rate was 44.96 %.

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

Mahishbathan Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 296 - -
Population 1,446 728 718
Child (0-6) 184 91 93
Schedule Caste 1,420 715 705
Schedule Tribe 14 6 8
Literacy 52.22 % 59.34 % 44.96 %
Total Workers 591 434 157
Main Worker 414 - -
Marginal Worker 177 46 131

Caste Factor

In Mahishbathan village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 98.20 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.97 % of total population in Mahishbathan village.

Work Profile

In Mahishbathan village out of total population, 591 were engaged in work activities. 70.05 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 29.95 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 591 workers engaged in Main Work, 228 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 174 were Agricultural labourer.