# Maharajpur Village, Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Midnapore, Paschim Medinipur 

# Maharajpur

Maharajpur is a village in Midnapore sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,761 people in 378 households**, the 29th largest of 232 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.5%.

- 1,761people (2011)
- 378households
- 76.6%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharajpur

Of every 100 households in Maharajpur in 2011, 67 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maharajpur · ■ Midnapore rural average

Electricity for lighting ****67%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**68%

Tap water ****0%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****25%**

**32%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**25%

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 Maharajpur?

■ Maharajpur · ■ Midnapore rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.6%**

**70.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****885**

**968

Working population ****40.4%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.2% for men and 69.0% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 210 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (40%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 135 (19%) · **■** Marginal 74 (10%)

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 Midnapore

- Nayagram2,063 people
- Pachra1,813 people
- Dakshin Amchhatagolapi Chak1,808 people
- Kamalapur1,762 people
- Gopgar1,758 people
- Madarpur1,736 people
- Bajpara1,697 people
- Delua1,672 people

[All 271 villages in Midnapore](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/midnapore/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharajpur?1,761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharajpur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Midnapore sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maharajpur?76.6% (Census 2011)