# Maharajpur Village, Ratua - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - II, Maldah 

# Maharajpur

Maharajpur is a village in Ratua - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,978 people in 1,793 households**, the 3rd largest of 48 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 56.2%.

- 8,978people (2011)
- 1,793households
- 50.6%literacy
- 1,036females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharajpur

Of every 100 households in Maharajpur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maharajpur · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**31%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**85%

Use banking services ****27%**

**22%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**42%

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 Maharajpur?

■ Maharajpur · ■ Ratua - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.6%**

**56.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1036**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1020**

**967

Working population ****28.7%**

**30.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.5% for men and 50.7% for women. 52% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 308 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 950 (37%) · **■** Household industry 63 (2%) · **■** Other work 498 (19%) · **■** Marginal 758 (29%)

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 - II

- Pukhuria22,550 people
- Sambalpur9,250 people
- Nijgan Paranpur8,523 people
- Shibnagar8,298 people
- Barail7,031 people
- Sultanpur6,778 people

[All 51 villages in Ratua - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharajpur?8,978 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharajpur in?Maldah district (Ratua - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maharajpur?50.6% (Census 2011)