# Mahajan Village, Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ramnagar - I, Purba Medinipur 

# Mahajan

Mahajan is a village in Ramnagar - I sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,136 people in 241 households**, the 51st largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 93.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.

- 1,136people (2011)
- 241households
- 93.1%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahajan

Of every 100 households in Mahajan in 2011, 73 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 68 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahajan · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**49%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**88%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**9%

Tap water ****0%**

**14%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**12%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**89%

Use banking services ****81%**

**51%

Television ****35%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****68%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**95%

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 Mahajan?

■ Mahajan · ■ Ramnagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****93.1%**

**87.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****880**

**929

Working population ****31.2%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.9% for men and 89.4% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 53 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (19%) · **■** Other work 205 (58%) · **■** Marginal 30 (8%)

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 Ramnagar - I

- Mandala1,220 people
- Maitrapur1,204 people
- Jashateghari1,176 people
- Uttar Mukundapur1,176 people
- Nilkantapur1,125 people
- Nonaari1,124 people
- Diksal1,117 people
- Mangalpur1,117 people

[All 149 villages in Ramnagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/ramnagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahajan?1,136 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahajan in?Purba Medinipur district (Ramnagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahajan?93.1% (Census 2011)