# Mahajib Nagar Village, Maldah, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Maldah, Maldah 

# Mahajib Nagar

Mahajib Nagar is a village in Maldah sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,690 people in 364 households**, the 22nd largest of 112 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 30.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.9%.

- 1,690people (2011)
- 364households
- 30.7%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahajib Nagar

Of every 100 households in Mahajib Nagar in 2011, 33 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahajib Nagar · ■ Maldah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**73%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**13%

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

**2%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****27%**

**24%

Television ****5%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****41%**

**35%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahajib Nagar?

■ Mahajib Nagar · ■ Maldah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****30.7%**

**57.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**951

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1018**

**968

Working population ****51.3%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 38.7% for men and 22.5% for women. 57% of men and 45% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 390 (45%) · **■** Farm labourers 130 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 79 (9%) · **■** Marginal 266 (31%)

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 Maldah

- Meherpur1,877 people
- Kadamtali1,804 people
- Kuchinda1,799 people
- Sujapur1,712 people
- Popra1,687 people
- Santipur1,668 people
- Nityanandapur1,552 people
- Kamancha1,460 people

[All 115 villages in Maldah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/maldah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahajib Nagar?1,690 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahajib Nagar in?Maldah district (Maldah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahajib Nagar?30.7% (Census 2011)