# Mahurkismat Village, Gangarampur – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mahurkismat

Mahurkismat is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,943 people in 849 households**, the 8th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 3,943people (2011)
- 849households
- 58.5%literacy
- 897females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahurkismat

Of every 100 households in Mahurkismat in 2011, 3 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahurkismat · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****6%**

**27%

Television ****4%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

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

**37%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Mahurkismat?

■ Mahurkismat · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****897**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****887**

**936

Working population ****37.6%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.8% for men and 51.5% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 408 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 255 (17%) · **■** Household industry 9 (1%) · **■** Other work 436 (29%) · **■** Marginal 376 (25%)

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 Gangarampur

- Patan5,127 people
- Shukdebpur5,115 people
- Kathalhat Hosenpur4,068 people
- Jalalpur3,966 people
- Faridpur Domotha3,600 people
- Maharajpur3,351 people
- Kadighat3,329 people
- Karial3,038 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahurkismat?3,943 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahurkismat in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahurkismat?58.5% (Census 2011)