# Maharajpur Village, Egra - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Maharajpur

Maharajpur is a village in Egra - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **617 people in 145 households**, the 78th largest of 123 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 617people (2011)
- 145households
- 91.2%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharajpur

Of every 100 households in Maharajpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maharajpur · ■ Egra - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**46%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**10%

Tap water ****88%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**40%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**96%

Use banking services ****92%**

**37%

Television ****12%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**26%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 · ■ Egra - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.2%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1086**

**926

Working population ****34.8%**

**43.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 98.3% for men and 83.3% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 65 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (28%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 12 (6%) · **■** Marginal 72 (33%)

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 Egra - I

- Kismat Ghatua649 people
- Gopinathpur648 people
- Arjjoni640 people
- Chaulda622 people
- Kalyanpur609 people
- Madhabpur607 people
- Ramkrishanapur604 people
- Tamalda592 people

[All 133 villages in Egra - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharajpur?617 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharajpur in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maharajpur?91.2% (Census 2011)