# Mahanpur Village, Sonamukhi, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Sonamukhi, Bankura 

# Mahanpur

Mahanpur is a village in Sonamukhi sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,544 people in 353 households**, the 32nd largest of 161 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.2%.

- 1,544people (2011)
- 353households
- 72.4%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahanpur

Of every 100 households in Mahanpur in 2011, 49 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahanpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**35%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**75%

Use banking services ****74%**

**53%

Television ****21%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Mahanpur?

■ Mahanpur · ■ Sonamukhi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**66.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1023**

**948

Working population ****45.4%**

**45.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 63.6% for women. 61% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 156 (22%) · **■** Household industry 56 (8%) · **■** Other work 103 (15%) · **■** Marginal 266 (38%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in Sonamukhi

- Dihipara1,574 people
- Dariapur1,548 people
- Patjor1,546 people
- Beloa1,545 people
- Palshare1,525 people
- Chakai1,476 people
- Ban Parulia1,461 people
- Purba Nabasan1,446 people

[All 186 villages in Sonamukhi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sonamukhi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahanpur?1,544 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahanpur in?Bankura district (Sonamukhi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahanpur?72.4% (Census 2011)