# Mahalandi Village, Kandi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Kandi, Murshidabad 

# Mahalandi

Mahalandi is a village in Kandi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **16,354 people in 3,396 households**, the 1st largest of 84 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.1%.

- 16,354people (2011)
- 3,396households
- 63.1%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahalandi

Of every 100 households in Mahalandi in 2011, 35 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahalandi · ■ Kandi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**32%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**78%

Tap water ****45%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**13%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****46%**

**42%

Television ****20%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Mahalandi?

■ Mahalandi · ■ Kandi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.1%**

**65.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****934**

**963

Working population ****30.8%**

**32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.2% for men and 57.9% for women. 54% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,711 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,136 (23%) · **■** Household industry 108 (2%) · **■** Other work 559 (11%) · **■** Marginal 1,527 (30%)

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

- Gokarna16,198 people
- Hijal11,480 people
- Jasohari9,003 people
- Kumar Sanda8,320 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahalandi?16,354 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahalandi in?Murshidabad district (Kandi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahalandi?63.1% (Census 2011)