# Mahipaldighi Village, Kushmundi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mahipaldighi

Mahipaldighi is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,713 people in 424 households**, the 24th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,713people (2011)
- 424households
- 73.4%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahipaldighi

Of every 100 households in Mahipaldighi in 2011, 62 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahipaldighi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**29%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**93%

Use banking services ****21%**

**18%

Television ****23%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****37%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**24%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Mahipaldighi?

■ Mahipaldighi · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.4%**

**65.4%

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

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**955

Working population ****34.5%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 70.7% for women. 57% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 268 (45%) · **■** Household industry 28 (5%) · **■** Other work 81 (14%) · **■** Marginal 62 (10%)

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

- Shikrishnapur1,786 people
- Deul1,781 people
- Banihari1,770 people
- Balapukur1,736 people
- Makail1,688 people
- Saraihat Bajedonor1,684 people
- Khantapara1,682 people
- Katasan1,604 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahipaldighi?1,713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahipaldighi in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahipaldighi?73.4% (Census 2011)