Meghakata Population - Bankura, West Bengal

Meghakata is a medium size village located in Chhatna Block of Bankura district, West Bengal with total 44 families residing. The Meghakata village has population of 237 of which 113 are males while 124 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Meghakata village population of children with age 0-6 is 29 which makes up 12.24 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Meghakata village is 1097 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Meghakata as per census is 1231, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Meghakata village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Meghakata village was 66.35 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Meghakata Male literacy stands at 83.00 % while female literacy rate was 50.93 %.

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

Meghakata Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	44	-	-
Population	237	113	124
Child (0-6)	29	13	16
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	182	84	98
Literacy	66.35 %	83.00 %	50.93 %
Total Workers	116	60	56
Main Worker	53	-	-
Marginal Worker	63	21	42

Caste Factor

In Meghakata village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 76.79 % of total population in Meghakata village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Meghakata village of Bankura.

Work Profile

In Meghakata village out of total population, 116 were engaged in work activities. 45.69 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 54.31 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 116 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 37 were Agricultural labourer.