# Mahendrapur Village, Rampurhat - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rampurhat - I, Birbhum 

# Mahendrapur

Mahendrapur is a village in Rampurhat - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,689 people in 406 households**, the 41st largest of 116 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.3%.

- 1,689people (2011)
- 406households
- 84.6%literacy
- 915females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahendrapur

Of every 100 households in Mahendrapur in 2011, 65 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahendrapur · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**20%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**80%

Tap water ****45%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**15%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**87%

Use banking services ****50%**

**43%

Television ****18%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**35%

Own their home ****71%**

**92%

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 Mahendrapur?

■ Mahendrapur · ■ Rampurhat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.6%**

**73.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****915**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**945

Working population ****33.6%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 79.9% for women. 56% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 140 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (18%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 126 (22%) · **■** Marginal 194 (34%)

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 Rampurhat - I

- Hastikanda1,796 people
- Gug1,767 people
- Majkhanda1,750 people
- Kamikhya1,733 people
- Kalikapur1,684 people
- Naishorgram1,603 people
- Bamdebpur1,579 people
- Mandala1,566 people

[All 119 villages in Rampurhat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rampurhat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahendrapur?1,689 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahendrapur in?Birbhum district (Rampurhat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahendrapur?84.6% (Census 2011)