# Mahishagram Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Mahishagram

Mahishagram is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **540 people in 116 households**, the 49th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 540people (2011)
- 116households
- 35.9%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahishagram

Of every 100 households in Mahishagram in 2011, 7 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahishagram · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****1%**

**34%

Television ****3%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Mahishagram?

■ Mahishagram · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.9%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**952

Working population ****34.4%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 41.9% for men and 29.9% for women. 55% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 25 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (33%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 56 (30%) · **■** Marginal 41 (22%)

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 Rajnagar

- Bandi595 people
- Ashna590 people
- Gobra588 people
- Kuralmatia583 people
- Sundarkhela535 people
- Perul528 people
- Tarasol527 people
- Mursabani492 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahishagram?540 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahishagram in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahishagram?35.9% (Census 2011)