# Mahamaya Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Mahamaya

Mahamaya is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,546 people in 383 households**, the 69th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 1,546people (2011)
- 383households
- 77.5%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahamaya

Of every 100 households in Mahamaya in 2011, 62 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 16 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahamaya · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**48%

Tap water ****24%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****16%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**84%

Use banking services ****43%**

**58%

Television ****40%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Mahamaya?

■ Mahamaya · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1077**

**962

Working population ****44.2%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 70.5% for women. 63% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 177 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (21%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 106 (15%) · **■** Marginal 247 (36%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Chaughata1,557 people
- Deora1,555 people
- Sarampara1,547 people
- Gotpur1,546 people
- Makhalpur1,545 people
- Bahadurpur1,522 people
- Kanajuli1,508 people
- Talbona1,499 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahamaya?1,546 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahamaya in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahamaya?77.5% (Census 2011)