Rishipur Population, Caste, Working Data Maldah, West Bengal - Census 2011

Rishipur is a village situated in Habibpur block of Maldah district in West Bengal. As per the Population Census 2011, there are total 642 families residing in the village Rishipur. The total population of Rishipur is 2,844 out of which 1,445 are males and 1,399 are females thus the Average Sex Ratio of Rishipur is 968.

The population of Children of age 0-6 years in Rishipur village is 390 which is 14% of the total population. There are 211 male children and 179 female children between the age 0-6 years. Thus as per the Census 2011 the Child Sex Ratio of Rishipur is 848 which is less than Average Sex Ratio (968) of Rishipur village.

Population
2,844
Families
642
Literacy
66.34%
Sex Ratio
968

As per the Census 2011, the literacy rate of Rishipur is 66.3%. Thus Rishipur village has higher literacy rate compared to 52.3% of Maldah district. The male literacy rate is 74.39% and the female literacy rate is 58.2% in Rishipur village.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act (Amendment 1998), Rishipur village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of the village.

Rishipur Data as per Census 2011

As per the Population Census 2011 data, following are some quick facts about Rishipur village.

Total Male Female
Children 390 211 179
Literacy 66.34% 74.39% 58.2%
Scheduled Caste 2,665 1,349 1,316
Scheduled Tribe 3 1 2
Illiterate 1,216 527 689

Caste Data as per Census 2011

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 93.7% while Schedule Tribe (ST) were 0.1% of total population in Rishipur village.

Working Population as per Census 2011

In Rishipur village out of total population, 1,247 were engaged in work activities. 77.5% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 22.5% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1,247 workers engaged in Main Work, 343 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 196 were Agricultural labourer.

Total Male Female
Main Workers 967 691 276
Cultivators 343 321 22
Agriculture Labourer 196 178 18
Household Industries 86 9 77
Other Workers 342 183 159
Marginal Workers 280 95 185
Non Working 1,597 659 938

Nearby Villages to Rishipur,

Below are the list of villages near Rishipur village in Habibpur.

Village Population
Jadabnagar 2,686
Ganramari 5,636
Upar Kendua 312
Dakshin Chandpur 3,982
Chenchai Chandi 640
Anantapur 934
Damdama 508
Horgao 1,030
Srikrishnapur 540
Bakna 211

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