# Mahadebpur Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Mahadebpur

Mahadebpur is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **334 people in 72 households**, the 106th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 334people (2011)
- 72households
- 64.4%literacy
- 953females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahadebpur

Of every 100 households in Mahadebpur in 2011, 10 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahadebpur · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**39%

Television ****1%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Mahadebpur?

■ Mahadebpur · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****953**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****903**

**946

Working population ****57.8%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 45.9% for women. 61% of men and 54% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (18%) · **■** Household industry 15 (8%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 55 (28%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Bara Phuhara405 people
- Bargram396 people
- Mahakudar363 people
- Sangramdi355 people
- Serenaghatu329 people
- Kulajanga327 people
- Piprajara301 people
- Mesya297 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahadebpur?334 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahadebpur in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahadebpur?64.4% (Census 2011)