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Mar Population - Paschim Medinipur, West Bengal

Mar is a medium size village located in Chandrakona - I Block of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal with total 201 families residing. The Mar village has population of 800 of which 421 are males while 379 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Mar village population of children with age 0-6 is 80 which makes up 10.00 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Mar village is 900 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Mar as per census is 1105, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Mar village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Mar village was 74.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Mar Male literacy stands at 82.77 % while female literacy rate was 64.39 %.

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

Mar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 201 - -
Population 800 421 379
Child (0-6) 80 38 42
Schedule Caste 374 194 180
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 74.17 % 82.77 % 64.39 %
Total Workers 536 299 237
Main Worker 236 - -
Marginal Worker 300 96 204

Caste Factor

In Mar village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 46.75 % of total population in Mar village. The village Mar currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Mar village out of total population, 536 were engaged in work activities. 44.03 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 55.97 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 536 workers engaged in Main Work, 61 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 93 were Agricultural labourer.