# Mahatpur Village, Chapra, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chapra, Nadia 

# Mahatpur

Mahatpur is a village in Chapra sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **27,912 people in 6,079 households**, the 1st largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 27,912people (2011)
- 6,079households
- 70.8%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahatpur

Of every 100 households in Mahatpur in 2011, 34 had electricity, 66 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahatpur · ■ Chapra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****66%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**29%

Tap water ****17%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****69%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**34%

Television ****20%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**32%

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 Mahatpur?

■ Mahatpur · ■ Chapra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.8%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**964

Working population ****34.0%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 66.6% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,866 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 3,016 (32%) · **■** Household industry 135 (1%) · **■** Other work 2,870 (30%) · **■** Marginal 1,593 (17%)

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 Chapra

- Bangaljhi15,448 people
- Bara Andulia15,012 people
- Badelangi Padmamala9,066 people
- Hatisala7,547 people

[All 83 villages in Chapra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/chapra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahatpur?27,912 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahatpur in?Nadia district (Chapra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahatpur?70.8% (Census 2011)