# Bagha Mahakalia Village, Contai - III – Population & Literacy

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Village · Contai - III, Purba Medinipur 

# Bagha Mahakalia

Bagha Mahakalia is a village in Contai - III sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **192 people in 40 households**, the 144th largest of 166 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 89.9%.

- 192people (2011)
- 40households
- 93.6%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bagha Mahakalia

Of every 100 households in Bagha Mahakalia in 2011, 26 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Bagha Mahakalia · ■ Contai - III rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**4%

Tap water ****0%**

**20%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****29%**

**42%

Television ****3%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**94%

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 Bagha Mahakalia?

■ Bagha Mahakalia · ■ Contai - III rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.6%**

**89.9%

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

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1333**

**948

Working population ****45.8%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.7% for men and 89.2% for women. 58% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 21 (24%) · **■** Other work 15 (17%) · **■** Marginal 52 (59%)

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 Contai - III

- Nayapara243 people
- Kadua218 people
- Chhota Naoai214 people
- Ugalpur197 people
- Guagechhia179 people
- Kumria Khankuria176 people
- Baruna Berya173 people
- Banamali Chhatta170 people

[All 166 villages in Contai - III](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/contai-iii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bagha Mahakalia?192 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bagha Mahakalia in?Purba Medinipur district (Contai - III sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bagha Mahakalia?93.6% (Census 2011)