# Maharajpur Village, Berhampore, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Berhampore, Murshidabad 

# Maharajpur

Maharajpur is a village in Berhampore sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,428 people in 333 households**, the 76th largest of 124 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 1,428people (2011)
- 333households
- 74.4%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharajpur

Of every 100 households in Maharajpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maharajpur · ■ Berhampore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**43%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**55%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**52%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**92%

Use banking services ****62%**

**33%

Television ****31%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**29%

Own their home ****85%**

**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 Maharajpur?

■ Maharajpur · ■ Berhampore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**972

Working population ****32.8%**

**34.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 70.8% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 26 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (42%) · **■** Household industry 30 (6%) · **■** Other work 153 (33%) · **■** Marginal 61 (13%)

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 Berhampore

- Baradaha1,503 people
- Pakuria1,503 people
- Tikiapara1,500 people
- Garamgari1,446 people
- Hanumanta Nagar1,408 people
- Sundalpur1,404 people
- Chhiruti1,299 people
- Gar Baharampur1,291 people

[All 138 villages in Berhampore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/berhampore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharajpur?1,428 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharajpur in?Murshidabad district (Berhampore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maharajpur?74.4% (Census 2011)