# Mahishmuri Village, Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar 

# Mahishmuri

Mahishmuri is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,525 people in 1,238 households**, the 5th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 5,525people (2011)
- 1,238households
- 65.5%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahishmuri

Of every 100 households in Mahishmuri in 2011, 3 had electricity, 23 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahishmuri · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****23%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**53%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**85%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****64%**

**33%

Television ****4%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**30%

Own their home ****97%**

**98%

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 Mahishmuri?

■ Mahishmuri · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****960**

**964

Working population ****37.5%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.2% for men and 56.1% for women. 54% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,316 (63%) · **■** Farm labourers 310 (15%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 105 (5%) · **■** Marginal 327 (16%)

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 Sitalkuchi

- Sitalkuchi37,052 people
- Golenaohati10,208 people
- Nagar Lalbazar7,732 people
- Bara Masia5,975 people
- Petlaepra5,261 people
- Bara Gadaikhora4,753 people
- Bhogdabri4,075 people
- Chengerkuthi Khalisamari3,861 people

[All 70 villages in Sitalkuchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/sitalkuchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahishmuri?5,525 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahishmuri in?Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahishmuri?65.5% (Census 2011)