# Mahestikuri Village, Jangipara, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Jangipara, Hugli 

# Mahestikuri

Mahestikuri is a village in Jangipara sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **416 people in 84 households**, the 117th largest of 128 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 416people (2011)
- 84households
- 81.8%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahestikuri

Of every 100 households in Mahestikuri in 2011, 20 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahestikuri · ■ Jangipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**70%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**61%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**36%

Tap water ****0%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**25%

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

**9%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****94%**

**49%

Television ****11%**

**38%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**15%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****2%**

**11%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Mahestikuri?

■ Mahestikuri · ■ Jangipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**974

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****800**

**952

Working population ****38.9%**

**41.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.4% for men and 72.7% for women. 66% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 14 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (80%) · **■** Household industry 9 (6%) · **■** Other work 4 (2%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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 Jangipara

- Chaurpur499 people
- Akuti490 people
- Ichhabati454 people
- Ramnagar420 people
- Radhaballabhpur402 people
- Dakshin Dogachhia396 people
- Ilampur396 people
- Majurkha396 people

[All 128 villages in Jangipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/jangipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahestikuri?416 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahestikuri in?Hugli district (Jangipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahestikuri?81.8% (Census 2011)