# Mreja Nagar Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Mreja Nagar

Mreja Nagar is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,729 people in 952 households**, the 12th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 3,729people (2011)
- 952households
- 82.6%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mreja Nagar

Of every 100 households in Mreja Nagar in 2011, 65 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mreja Nagar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****65%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****63%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**48%

Tap water ****61%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**10%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****48%**

**58%

Television ****41%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Mreja Nagar?

■ Mreja Nagar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.6%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****904**

**962

Working population ****43.7%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.2% for men and 74.8% for women. 65% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 180 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 429 (26%) · **■** Household industry 128 (8%) · **■** Other work 617 (38%) · **■** Marginal 275 (17%)

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

- Shrirampur4,170 people
- Samaspur4,113 people
- Paschim Gopinathpur3,825 people
- Dhaniakhali3,738 people
- Rajipur3,659 people
- Palasi3,618 people
- Bishnupur3,361 people
- Chautara3,353 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mreja Nagar?3,729 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mreja Nagar in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mreja Nagar?82.6% (Census 2011)