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Purbi Singhbhum villages

Jharkhand · Purbi Singhbhum · Ghatshila

Mahatam

656
people at the 2011 Census · 297 male, 359 female

Population

Population
656India 121.09 Cr

Literacy

Literacy
51.55%India 72.98%
Male Lit.
60.98%India 80.88%
Female Lit.
43.85%India 64.63%
Lit. Gap
17.13 ppIndia 16.25 pp

Society

Sex Ratio
1209 / 1000India 943 / 1000
Child Sex Ratio
1137 / 1000India 918 / 1000
Under 7
16.62%India 13.59%
SC %
0.46%India 16.63%
ST %
76.83%India 8.63%
Household
4.97India 4.85

Work

Workers
57.47%India 39.80%
Female Work
56.55%India 25.52%
Main Workers
53.85%India 75.24%
Non-Workers
42.53%India 60.20%

This village is classified entirely rural at the 2011 Census, so urban population share does not apply. Density, land area and decadal growth are not published in the Primary Census Abstract. See Methodology.

Mahatam in context

With 656 people at the 2011 Census, Mahatam was the 535th most populous of its district's 1748 villages, above the district average of 583.

Literacy stood at 51.55%, 11.3 points below the district's rural average of 62.86%.

The sex ratio was 1209 women per 1,000 men (228 above the district's rural figure of 981) — one of the minority of villages where women outnumbered men. Among children aged 0–6 the ratio was 1137, 214 above the rural national 923.

57.5% of the population were recorded as workers, 13.6 points above the district's rural rate.