# Mahishgot Village, Sankrail, Haora (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sankrail, Haora 

# Mahishgot

Mahishgot is a village in Sankrail sub-district of Haora district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,313 people in 532 households**, the 9th largest of 14 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,313people (2011)
- 532households
- 78.9%literacy
- 1,029females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahishgot

Of every 100 households in Mahishgot in 2011, 89 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 19 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahishgot · ■ Sankrail rural average

Electricity for lighting ****89%**

**82%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**67%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**28%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****19%**

**20%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**60%

Use banking services ****46%**

**39%

Television ****66%**

**50%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**54%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**91%

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 Mahishgot?

■ Mahishgot · ■ Sankrail rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1029**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1040**

**957

Working population ****40.5%**

**37.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 72.9% for women. 63% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 144 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 181 (19%) · **■** Household industry 292 (31%) · **■** Other work 186 (20%) · **■** Marginal 133 (14%)

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 Sankrail

- Manoharpur3,066 people
- Betiari2,633 people
- Chatur Bhujkathi2,489 people
- Sandhipur2,478 people
- Ghoraghat1,987 people
- Jangalpur1,902 people
- Dadpur1,759 people
- Chak Radhadasi1,385 people

[All 14 villages in Sankrail](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/haora/sankrail/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahishgot?2,313 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahishgot in?Haora district (Sankrail sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahishgot?78.9% (Census 2011)