Majigram

Geography

The region has an average elevation of 30metres (100 ft). The city is situated 1148 km from New Delhi and a little less than 141 km north-west of Kolkata on the Grand Trunk Road (NH-2) and Eastern Railway. The nearby river is Ajay River.

The first epigraphic reference to the name "Burdwan" occurs in a 6th-century AD copper plate found in Mangolkote village under Mangolkote Police Station. Archeological evidences suggest that this region, forming a major part of Radh Bengal, could be traced even back to 4000 BCE. In recent times there has been exploration of the remains of an ancient civilisation similar to that of the Indus Valley Civilisation at Mangalkote village.

Demographics

Majigram is a large village located in Mangolkote of Barddhaman district, West Bengal with total 1064 families residing. The Majigram village has population of 4622 of which 2360 are males while 2262 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Majigram village population of children with age 0-6 is 534 which makes up 11.55% of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Majigram village is 958 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Majigram as per census is 1094, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Majigram village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Majigram village was 66.05% compared to 76.26% of West Bengal. In Majigram Male literacy stands at 71.97% while female literacy rate was 59.76%.

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

Caste Factor

In Majigram village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 57.68% of total population in Majigram village. The village "Majigram" currently doesn't have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Majigram village out of total population, 1658 were engaged in work activities. 92.04% of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 7.96% were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1658 workers engaged in Main Work, 307 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 951 were Agricultural labourer.

Transport

Hospital

Banking

Post Office

Education

Majigram Bisweswari High School is a Upper Primary with Secondary and Higher Secondary School in Majigram Village of Mongalkot. It was established in the year 1950 and the school management is Department of Education. It's a Bengali Medium - Co-educational school.

Majigram Bisweswari High Schoo runs in total four government school building. The school has total 44 classrooms. The lowest Class is 5 and the highest class in the school is 12. This school has 17 Male Teachers and 10 Female Teachers. There is a library facility available in this school and the total number of books in library is about 4700.

This school also has a big playground & cycle stand. There are enough toilets for girls & boys in the school. Majigram Bisweswari High School provide residential facility. The school also provides meal facility and meal is prepared in school. A good laboratory is there for Science practicals. Freshwater facility also provided in the school.

Majigram Bisweswari High School also offer vocational courses including automobiles, electric, amin survey & computer.

Temples

Majigram has a multi-cultural heritage. The deuls found here are reminiscent of Bengali Hindu architecture. The old temples bear signs of Hinduism, mostly belonging to the Sakta and Vaishnava followers. Lots of Temples are there in Majigram.

Major Temples List

Those are major temples in Majigram. Beside those, there are lots of temple in the village. More than 50 Lord Shiva Temple are situated in Majigram.