# Mahishbathan Village, Kushmundi – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Mahishbathan

Mahishbathan is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,446 people in 296 households**, the 36th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,446people (2011)
- 296households
- 52.2%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahishbathan

Of every 100 households in Mahishbathan in 2011, 14 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Mahishbathan · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****20%**

**18%

Television ****7%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Mahishbathan?

■ Mahishbathan · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1022**

**955

Working population ****40.9%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 59.3% for men and 45.0% for women. 60% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 228 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 174 (29%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 10 (2%) · **■** Marginal 177 (30%)

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

- Isnail1,531 people
- Ujil1,491 people
- Maligaon1,472 people
- Deulabari1,450 people
- Goalgaon1,434 people
- Pashim Mollapara1,355 people
- Beldanga1,353 people
- Keshabpur1,350 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahishbathan?1,446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahishbathan in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahishbathan?52.2% (Census 2011)