# Meherpara Village, Bamangola, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Bamangola, Maldah 

# Meherpara

Meherpara is a village in Bamangola sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **62 people in 17 households**, the 141st largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 62people (2011)
- 17households
- 82.5%literacy
- 1,067females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meherpara

Of every 100 households in Meherpara in 2011, 56 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meherpara · ■ Bamangola rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**14%

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

**3%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**23%

Television ****28%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****17%**

**30%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Meherpara?

■ Meherpara · ■ Bamangola rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1067**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****4000**

**953

Working population ****41.9%**

**42.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 71.4% for women. 70% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 10 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (27%) · **■** Other work 5 (19%) · **■** Marginal 4 (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 Bamangola

- Sekhpara173 people
- Beldanga163 people
- Goaljai142 people
- Bamankandar127 people

[All 142 villages in Bamangola](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/bamangola/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meherpara?62 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meherpara in?Maldah district (Bamangola sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meherpara?82.5% (Census 2011)