# Mahammadpur Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mahammadpur

Mahammadpur is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,724 people in 379 households**, the 19th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,724people (2011)
- 379households
- 87.1%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahammadpur

Of every 100 households in Mahammadpur in 2011, 73 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mahammadpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**89%

Use banking services ****88%**

**32%

Television ****47%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**29%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Mahammadpur?

■ Mahammadpur · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****962**

**972

Working population ****32.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 83.7% for women. 52% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 190 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 110 (20%) · **■** Household industry 11 (2%) · **■** Other work 198 (36%) · **■** Marginal 43 (8%)

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 Bansihari

- Thingur1,796 people
- Jaharpur1,767 people
- Gauripara1,733 people
- Dilkhanthi1,729 people
- Daulatpur1,687 people
- Bilbarail1,665 people
- Dasul1,641 people
- Malam1,637 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahammadpur?1,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahammadpur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahammadpur?87.1% (Census 2011)