# Majhigaon Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Majhigaon

Majhigaon is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **545 people in 130 households**, the 130th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 545people (2011)
- 130households
- 78.8%literacy
- 1,096females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majhigaon

Of every 100 households in Majhigaon in 2011, 28 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Majhigaon · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****18%**

**57%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Majhigaon?

■ Majhigaon · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.8%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1096**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1368**

**961

Working population ****27.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.2% for men and 75.7% for women. 56% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 35 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 103 (68%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 9 (6%) · **■** Marginal 4 (3%)

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 Sainthia

- Baduria582 people
- Pashoa581 people
- Keora565 people
- Takipur561 people
- Paschim Sundarpur527 people
- Layekpur525 people
- Dakshin Chandipur522 people
- Bilsa515 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majhigaon?545 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majhigaon in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majhigaon?78.8% (Census 2011)