# Mahanagar Village, Egra - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Egra - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Mahanagar

Mahanagar is a village in Egra - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,875 people in 369 households**, the 30th largest of 115 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.5%.

- 1,875people (2011)
- 369households
- 92.8%literacy
- 862females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahanagar

Of every 100 households in Mahanagar in 2011, 52 had electricity, 100 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahanagar · ■ Egra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****100%**

**94%

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

**4%

Tap water ****1%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****53%**

**33%

Television ****27%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**32%

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 Mahanagar?

■ Mahanagar · ■ Egra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.8%**

**86.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****862**

**931

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****861**

**953

Working population ****32.7%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.2% for men and 87.7% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 206 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (4%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 242 (39%) · **■** Marginal 139 (23%)

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 - II

- Bidurpur1,970 people
- Jagannath Karbar1,920 people
- Baincha1,891 people
- Dhalgoda1,875 people
- Khurutia1,834 people
- Mallikpur1,774 people
- Chhota Nalgerya1,719 people
- Rasulpur Dakshinbar1,688 people

[All 117 villages in Egra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/egra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahanagar?1,875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahanagar in?Purba Medinipur district (Egra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahanagar?92.8% (Census 2011)