# Mahata Village, Beldanga - II, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Beldanga - II, Murshidabad 

# Mahata

Mahata is a village in Beldanga - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,000 people in 1,132 households**, the 18th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 5,000people (2011)
- 1,132households
- 82.4%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahata

Of every 100 households in Mahata in 2011, 82 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 55 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahata · ■ Beldanga - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****82%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**57%

Tap water ****8%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**93%

Use banking services ****34%**

**24%

Television ****46%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****55%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

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

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Mahata?

■ Mahata · ■ Beldanga - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.4%**

**67.9%

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

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**968

Working population ****33.9%**

**33.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.3% for men and 78.3% for women. 60% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 219 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 72 (4%) · **■** Household industry 35 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,131 (67%) · **■** Marginal 236 (14%)

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 - II

- Palitpara5,523 people
- Jainagar5,422 people
- Pilkhana5,293 people
- Bachhara5,127 people
- Mian4,968 people
- Gholla4,881 people
- Bikal Nagar4,841 people
- Kataikona4,191 people

[All 71 villages in Beldanga - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/beldanga-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahata?5,000 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahata in?Murshidabad district (Beldanga - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahata?82.4% (Census 2011)