# Majhina Village, Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kumarganj, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Majhina

Majhina is a village in Kumarganj sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **284 people in 74 households**, the 166th largest of 208 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 284people (2011)
- 74households
- 73.0%literacy
- 906females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majhina

Of every 100 households in Majhina in 2011, 79 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Majhina · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**26%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**70%

Tap water ****6%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**25%

Television ****26%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Majhina?

■ Majhina · ■ Kumarganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**74.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****906**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****636**

**951

Working population ****47.2%**

**43.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.7% for men and 66.9% for women. 54% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 15 (11%) · **■** Marginal 114 (85%)

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 Kumarganj

- Bishnupur297 people
- Shibpur287 people
- Rajdhara286 people
- Setor286 people
- Anarpur280 people
- Bodra274 people
- Chak-Behatair265 people
- Gaurangapur264 people

[All 218 villages in Kumarganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kumarganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majhina?284 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majhina in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kumarganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majhina?73.0% (Census 2011)