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Samukha Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Samukha is a medium size village located in Harischandrapur - II Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 307 families residing. The Samukha village has population of 1577 of which 825 are males while 752 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Samukha village population of children with age 0-6 is 294 which makes up 18.64 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Samukha village is 912 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Samukha as per census is 885, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Samukha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Samukha village was 42.95 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Samukha Male literacy stands at 42.90 % while female literacy rate was 43.00 %.

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

Samukha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 307 - -
Population 1,577 825 752
Child (0-6) 294 156 138
Schedule Caste 387 212 175
Schedule Tribe 1 0 1
Literacy 42.95 % 42.90 % 43.00 %
Total Workers 611 437 174
Main Worker 317 - -
Marginal Worker 294 144 150

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 24.54 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.06 % of total population in Samukha village.

Work Profile

In Samukha village out of total population, 611 were engaged in work activities. 51.88 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.12 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 611 workers engaged in Main Work, 115 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 132 were Agricultural labourer.