# Mahakalguri Village, Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal)

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Village · Alipurduar - II, Jalpaiguri 

# Mahakalguri

Mahakalguri is a village in Alipurduar - II sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,917 people in 442 households**, the 53rd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,917people (2011)
- 442households
- 72.3%literacy
- 891females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahakalguri

Of every 100 households in Mahakalguri in 2011, 0 had electricity, 63 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahakalguri · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

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

**54%

No toilet (open defecation) ****37%**

**45%

Tap water ****3%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****87%**

**72%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****47%**

**25%

Television ****15%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**33%

Own their home ****58%**

**94%

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 Mahakalguri?

■ Mahakalguri · ■ Alipurduar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.3%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****891**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****840**

**939

Working population ****39.7%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 65.5% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 112 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 361 (47%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 167 (22%) · **■** Marginal 115 (15%)

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 Alipurduar - II

- Turturi2,057 people
- Putimari2,040 people
- Bakla2,004 people
- Purba Khalishamari1,982 people
- Nurpur1,860 people
- Chilurghat1,849 people
- Dakshin Mahakalguri1,787 people
- Baniadabri1,754 people

[All 78 villages in Alipurduar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/alipurduar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahakalguri?1,917 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahakalguri in?Jalpaiguri district (Alipurduar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahakalguri?72.3% (Census 2011)