# Maheshchandrapur Village, Chakdah, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Chakdah, Nadia 

# Maheshchandrapur

Maheshchandrapur is a village in Chakdah sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,870 people in 438 households**, the 66th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.3%.

- 1,870people (2011)
- 438households
- 86.3%literacy
- 870females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maheshchandrapur

Of every 100 households in Maheshchandrapur in 2011, 39 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maheshchandrapur · ■ Chakdah rural average

Electricity for lighting ****39%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**16%

Tap water ****7%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**48%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****59%**

**86%

Use banking services ****91%**

**38%

Television ****18%**

**32%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**46%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****20%**

**19%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Maheshchandrapur?

■ Maheshchandrapur · ■ Chakdah rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**78.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****870**

**930

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****643**

**937

Working population ****37.3%**

**35.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.2% for men and 80.8% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 130 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 282 (40%) · **■** Household industry 80 (11%) · **■** Other work 152 (22%) · **■** Marginal 54 (8%)

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

- Kundulia1,920 people
- Natapuli1,917 people
- Bagdob1,896 people
- Uttar Panch Pota1,893 people
- Ghora Gachha1,865 people
- Teghara1,790 people
- Ghola1,781 people
- Char Jadubati1,777 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maheshchandrapur?1,870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maheshchandrapur in?Nadia district (Chakdah sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maheshchandrapur?86.3% (Census 2011)