# Mahagram Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mahagram

Mahagram is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **803 people in 178 households**, the 99th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 803people (2011)
- 178households
- 70.6%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahagram

Of every 100 households in Mahagram in 2011, 45 had electricity, 29 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahagram · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****29%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****1%**

**93%

Use banking services ****2%**

**18%

Television ****20%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**24%

Own their home ****95%**

**99%

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 Mahagram?

■ Mahagram · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.6%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****941**

**955

Working population ****26.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 65.1% for women. 46% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (24%) · **■** Other work 38 (18%) · **■** Marginal 43 (21%)

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 Kushmundi

- Kapuria826 people
- Daharol823 people
- Mandahar813 people
- Sahapur804 people
- Mahabullapur798 people
- Dikul770 people
- Nurulla Kuringarpara768 people
- Dharmadanga751 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahagram?803 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahagram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahagram?70.6% (Census 2011)