Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur
# Mahashaypur

Mahashaypur is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 425 people in 92 households, the 127th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.
- 425 people (2011)
- 92 households
- 79.1% literacy
- 1,005 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahashaypur

Of every 100 households in Mahashaypur in 2011, 91 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahashaypur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 91% 58%
- Toilet within the home 40% 34%
- No toilet (open defecation) 60% 66%
- Tap water 0% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 9% 41%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 9%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 83%
- Use banking services 20% 46%
- Television 22% 28%
- Mobile phone 33% 40%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 14% 15%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 1% 15%
- Own their home 100% 95%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Mahashaypur?

■ Mahashaypur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 79.1% 74.2%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1005 964
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1040 971
- Working population 36.5% 40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.2% for men and 71.1% for women. 63% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 49 (32%) · ■ Farm labourers 72 (46%) · ■ Other work 6 (4%) · ■ Marginal 28 (18%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Kharagpur - I
- Amrakala 439 people
- Guriamari 437 people
- Asnabani 431 people
- Kajichak 425 people
- Radhanagar 407 people
- Ramnarayanpur 407 people
- Jhatiband 402 people
- Kuchlatari 399 people

All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Mahashaypur? 425 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahashaypur in? Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahashaypur? 79.1% (Census 2011)

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