# Mahakal Pota Village, Daspur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Daspur - II, Paschim Medinipur 

# Mahakal Pota

Mahakal Pota is a village in Daspur - II sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **464 people in 103 households**, the 80th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.6%.

- 464people (2011)
- 103households
- 83.3%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahakal Pota

Of every 100 households in Mahakal Pota in 2011, 80 had electricity, 68 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahakal Pota · ■ Daspur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**73%

Toilet within the home ****68%**

**65%

No toilet (open defecation) ****27%**

**33%

Tap water ****86%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****72%**

**58%

Television ****47%**

**37%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**59%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**17%

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 Mahakal Pota?

■ Mahakal Pota · ■ Daspur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.3%**

**85.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****871**

**943

Working population ****36.2%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 79.2% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 13 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 26 (15%) · **■** Household industry 56 (33%) · **■** Other work 60 (36%) · **■** Marginal 13 (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 Daspur - II

- Manikdipa622 people
- Gauri Chak614 people
- Nonanarayan Chak557 people
- Jotmaniram551 people
- Kismatsayla456 people
- Jot Gobardhan419 people
- Radha Ballabh Chak389 people
- Shyam Chak364 people

[All 87 villages in Daspur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/daspur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahakal Pota?464 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahakal Pota in?Paschim Medinipur district (Daspur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahakal Pota?83.3% (Census 2011)