# Mahalas Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Mahalas

Mahalas is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **797 people in 204 households**, the 53rd largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 797people (2011)
- 204households
- 78.4%literacy
- 902females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahalas

Of every 100 households in Mahalas in 2011, 16 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahalas · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****15%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****8%**

**23%

Television ****13%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**41%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Mahalas?

■ Mahalas · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****902**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1079**

**963

Working population ****52.8%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 70.6% for women. 62% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 111 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 77 (18%) · **■** Household industry 34 (8%) · **■** Other work 17 (4%) · **■** Marginal 182 (43%)

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 Mayureswar - II

- Bandihat853 people
- Gumta828 people
- Naopara799 people
- Bhabaghati797 people
- Bandur794 people
- Paschim Panchbaria794 people
- Nandulia792 people
- Kuliara776 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahalas?797 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahalas in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahalas?78.4% (Census 2011)