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Kalmegha Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Kalmegha is a medium size village located in Habibpur Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 216 families residing. The Kalmegha village has population of 1007 of which 528 are males while 479 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Kalmegha village population of children with age 0-6 is 120 which makes up 11.92 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Kalmegha village is 907 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Kalmegha as per census is 818, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Kalmegha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Kalmegha village was 60.43 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Kalmegha Male literacy stands at 68.18 % while female literacy rate was 52.00 %.

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

Kalmegha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 216 - -
Population 1,007 528 479
Child (0-6) 120 66 54
Schedule Caste 562 299 263
Schedule Tribe 202 99 103
Literacy 60.43 % 68.18 % 52.00 %
Total Workers 478 308 170
Main Worker 299 - -
Marginal Worker 179 83 96

Caste Factor

In Kalmegha village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 55.81 % while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 20.06 % of total population in Kalmegha village.

Work Profile

In Kalmegha village out of total population, 478 were engaged in work activities. 62.55 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 37.45 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 478 workers engaged in Main Work, 19 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 95 were Agricultural labourer.