# Mahinagar Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mahinagar

Mahinagar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,523 people in 369 households**, the 34th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,523people (2011)
- 369households
- 69.9%literacy
- 950females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahinagar

Of every 100 households in Mahinagar in 2011, 26 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahinagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****34%**

**65%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**47%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**41%

Television ****23%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****39%**

**26%

Own their home ****95%**

**97%

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 Mahinagar?

■ Mahinagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****950**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****877**

**965

Working population ****44.2%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.0% for men and 63.6% for women. 59% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 73 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 92 (14%) · **■** Household industry 40 (6%) · **■** Other work 127 (19%) · **■** Marginal 341 (51%)

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 Balurghat

- Dakshin Sibrampur1,629 people
- Danga1,603 people
- Dhulatair1,596 people
- Mangalpur1,584 people
- Sobrasyampur1,495 people
- Radhanagar1,492 people
- Dakshin Khhanpur1,488 people
- Bhushila1,449 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahinagar?1,523 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahinagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahinagar?69.9% (Census 2011)