# Mahadia Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Mahadia

Mahadia is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,463 people in 803 households**, the 17th largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 3,463people (2011)
- 803households
- 59.5%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahadia

Of every 100 households in Mahadia in 2011, 28 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahadia · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**78%

Tap water ****2%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**13%

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

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****20%**

**42%

Television ****19%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Mahadia?

■ Mahadia · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1009**

**963

Working population ****33.6%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.4% for men and 50.0% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 336 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 314 (27%) · **■** Household industry 28 (2%) · **■** Other work 359 (31%) · **■** Marginal 125 (11%)

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 Kandi

- Patenda4,322 people
- Srikantapur3,779 people
- Munigram3,728 people
- Motara3,648 people
- Ranipur3,383 people
- Dohalia3,345 people
- Sole Para3,152 people
- Jiadara3,124 people

[All 93 villages in Kandi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/kandi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahadia?3,463 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahadia in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahadia?59.5% (Census 2011)