# Mahanala Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Mahanala

Mahanala is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **935 people in 178 households**, the 106th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 935people (2011)
- 178households
- 54.2%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahanala

Of every 100 households in Mahanala in 2011, 27 had electricity, 49 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mahanala · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****49%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**16%

Tap water ****1%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**48%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**86%

Use banking services ****22%**

**38%

Television ****19%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**19%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahanala?

■ Mahanala · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****795**

**937

Working population ****50.1%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.7% for men and 50.6% for women. 63% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 269 (57%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 170 (36%) · **■** Marginal 6 (1%)

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 Chakdah

- Goara1,003 people
- Chandrapur997 people
- Kata Belia987 people
- Raninagar943 people
- Harispur913 people
- Rameswarpur901 people
- Santra897 people
- Teli Gachha846 people

[All 148 villages in Chakdah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chakdah/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahanala?935 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahanala in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahanala?54.2% (Census 2011)