# Meherani Village, Bagda – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Meherani

Meherani is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,446 people in 752 households**, the 19th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 3,446people (2011)
- 752households
- 79.7%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meherani

Of every 100 households in Meherani in 2011, 38 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Meherani · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**7%

Tap water ****63%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**94%

Use banking services ****40%**

**41%

Television ****15%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**21%

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 Meherani?

■ Meherani · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.7%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**970

Working population ****33.5%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.1% for men and 73.1% for women. 60% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 268 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 592 (51%) · **■** Household industry 5 (0%) · **■** Other work 218 (19%) · **■** Marginal 70 (6%)

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 Bagda

- Kulia3,763 people
- Beara3,712 people
- Dihihaldaha3,602 people
- Gangulia3,483 people
- Asharu3,436 people
- Pathuria3,374 people
- Baksa3,239 people
- Kulanandapur3,223 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meherani?3,446 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meherani in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meherani?79.7% (Census 2011)