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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mahishakuri

Mahishakuri is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **450 people in 110 households**, the 152nd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 450people (2011)
- 110households
- 42.7%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahishakuri

Of every 100 households in Mahishakuri in 2011, 0 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahishakuri · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****45%**

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****43%**

**24%

Own their home ****55%**

**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 Mahishakuri?

■ Mahishakuri · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.7%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**955

Working population ****57.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.5% for men and 36.1% for women. 58% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 80 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (36%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 81 (31%)

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

- Badbighor478 people
- Poradanga473 people
- Faraspur457 people
- Nituttarpara455 people
- Balarampur448 people
- Tejihar443 people
- Shikarpur440 people
- Sindur Muchhi440 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahishakuri?450 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahishakuri in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahishakuri?42.7% (Census 2011)