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

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mahugram

Mahugram is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,433 people in 352 households**, the 30th largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,433people (2011)
- 352households
- 82.1%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahugram

Of every 100 households in Mahugram in 2011, 63 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahugram · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**58%

Tap water ****19%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**89%

Use banking services ****41%**

**32%

Television ****39%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****27%**

**29%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahugram?

■ Mahugram · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.1%**

**68.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**972

Working population ****34.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.8% for men and 74.4% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 85 (17%) · **■** Household industry 14 (3%) · **■** Other work 201 (41%) · **■** Marginal 16 (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 Bansihari

- Deuria1,582 people
- Chak Sadulya1,464 people
- Mirzadpur1,442 people
- Baje Haripur1,438 people
- Srirampur1,422 people
- Bhaior1,400 people
- Ganguria1,399 people
- Serpur1,377 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahugram?1,433 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahugram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahugram?82.1% (Census 2011)