# Mahamayapur Village, Budge Budge - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mahamayapur

Mahamayapur is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,046 people in 255 households**, the 47th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 1,046people (2011)
- 255households
- 82.2%literacy
- 1,088females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahamayapur

Of every 100 households in Mahamayapur in 2011, 72 had electricity, 59 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahamayapur · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****59%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****41%**

**44%

Tap water ****78%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****41%**

**46%

Television ****42%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Mahamayapur?

■ Mahamayapur · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1088**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1039**

**981

Working population ****38.8%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.0% for men and 78.7% for women. 64% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 116 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 140 (34%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 92 (23%) · **■** Marginal 47 (12%)

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 Budge Budge - II

- Saheb Banbagicha1,314 people
- Sonarpur1,233 people
- Nadakhali1,132 people
- Malangdar1,073 people
- Naldari1,019 people
- Bagpota1,012 people
- Kuchigadi1,002 people
- Talmaria1,000 people

[All 61 villages in Budge Budge - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/budge-budge-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahamayapur?1,046 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahamayapur in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahamayapur?82.2% (Census 2011)