# Mahesail Village, Suti - II, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Suti - II, Murshidabad 

# Mahesail

Mahesail is a village in Suti - II sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **16,178 people in 3,057 households**, the 2nd largest of 24 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 48.4%.

- 16,178people (2011)
- 3,057households
- 50.5%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahesail

Of every 100 households in Mahesail in 2011, 19 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahesail · ■ Suti - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**25%

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

**17%

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

**83%

Tap water ****2%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****50%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**87%

Use banking services ****70%**

**42%

Television ****9%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**40%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahesail?

■ Mahesail · ■ Suti - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.5%**

**48.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**985

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**977

Working population ****46.0%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 54.5% for men and 46.4% for women. 51% of men and 41% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 969 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,593 (21%) · **■** Household industry 2,463 (33%) · **■** Other work 782 (11%) · **■** Marginal 1,627 (22%)

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 Suti - II

- Umrapur19,855 people
- Bahagalpur11,528 people
- Bazegazipur6,502 people
- Baliaghati5,610 people
- Bauripuni5,036 people

[All 35 villages in Suti - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/suti-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahesail?16,178 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahesail in?Murshidabad district (Suti - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahesail?50.5% (Census 2011)