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

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Village · Chapra, Nadia 

# Mahesnagar

Mahesnagar is a village in Chapra sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,985 people in 1,340 households**, the 14th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 67.7%.

- 5,985people (2011)
- 1,340households
- 58.8%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahesnagar

Of every 100 households in Mahesnagar in 2011, 9 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahesnagar · ■ Chapra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**68%

No toilet (open defecation) ****38%**

**29%

Tap water ****1%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**60%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****41%**

**34%

Television ****6%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**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 Mahesnagar?

■ Mahesnagar · ■ Chapra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.8%**

**67.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**964

Working population ****28.8%**

**31.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.1% for men and 60.5% for women. 55% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 839 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 729 (42%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 86 (5%) · **■** Marginal 68 (4%)

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

- Betbaria6,685 people
- Lakshmigachha6,480 people
- Sikra6,359 people
- Hridaypur6,061 people
- Sonpukar4,874 people
- Dwipchandrapur4,769 people
- Gokhurapota4,656 people
- Arangsarisha4,623 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahesnagar?5,985 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahesnagar in?Nadia district (Chapra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahesnagar?58.8% (Census 2011)