# Maniknagar Village, Beldanga - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - I, Murshidabad 

# Maniknagar

Maniknagar is a village in Beldanga - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,649 people in 2,282 households**, the 13th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.9%.

- 9,649people (2011)
- 2,282households
- 71.8%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maniknagar

Of every 100 households in Maniknagar in 2011, 41 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maniknagar · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**46%

Tap water ****8%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**54%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**92%

Use banking services ****21%**

**21%

Television ****25%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**29%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Maniknagar?

■ Maniknagar · ■ Beldanga - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**69.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****992**

**974

Working population ****33.0%**

**33.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.0% for men and 68.4% for women. 60% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1,052 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,014 (32%) · **■** Household industry 30 (1%) · **■** Other work 785 (25%) · **■** Marginal 307 (10%)

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 Beldanga - I

- Gopinathpur12,522 people
- Mahala11,793 people
- Debkunda11,429 people
- Begunbari10,983 people
- Sarulia9,417 people
- Jhunka8,783 people
- Pulinda8,761 people
- Naoda8,071 people

[All 65 villages in Beldanga - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maniknagar?9,649 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maniknagar in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maniknagar?71.8% (Census 2011)