# Mahammadpur Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Mahammadpur

Mahammadpur is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,098 people in 476 households**, the 49th largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 2,098people (2011)
- 476households
- 55.7%literacy
- 1,000females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahammadpur

Of every 100 households in Mahammadpur in 2011, 5 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahammadpur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****71%**

**73%

Tap water ****26%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**33%

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

**2%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****10%**

**24%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**38%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Mahammadpur?

■ Mahammadpur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.7%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1000**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1114**

**959

Working population ****40.4%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 50.4% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 225 (27%) · **■** Household industry 40 (5%) · **■** Other work 47 (6%) · **■** Marginal 381 (45%)

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 Ratua - I

- Salabatpur2,433 people
- Bajitpur2,283 people
- Balarampur2,165 people
- Matiganj2,112 people
- Nijgaon Faridpur2,093 people
- Kalutola2,015 people
- Balia Binodpur1,972 people
- Harinkol1,961 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahammadpur?2,098 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahammadpur in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahammadpur?55.7% (Census 2011)