# Mahatpur Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/mahatpur/

Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mahatpur

Mahatpur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,682 people in 391 households**, the 88th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,682people (2011)
- 391households
- 65.4%literacy
- 967females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahatpur

Of every 100 households in Mahatpur in 2011, 56 had electricity, 60 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mahatpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****60%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****39%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**92%

Use banking services ****14%**

**38%

Television ****24%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****39%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****967**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**962

Working population ****39.8%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.8% for men and 60.9% for women. 59% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 30 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 442 (66%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 102 (15%) · **■** Marginal 83 (12%)

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 Bongaon

- Chinili1,736 people
- Dakshin Charuigachhi1,715 people
- Bairampur1,684 people
- Shrimantapur1,684 people
- Dwarbasini1,668 people
- Shrirampur1,652 people
- Harishpur Chak1,637 people
- Satashi1,637 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahatpur?1,682 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahatpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahatpur?65.4% (Census 2011)