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

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Village · Budge Budge - II, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Majherhat

Majherhat is a village in Budge Budge - II sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,123 people in 440 households**, the 27th largest of 61 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.0%.

- 2,123people (2011)
- 440households
- 79.4%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majherhat

Of every 100 households in Majherhat in 2011, 72 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Majherhat · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****72%**

**71%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**44%

Tap water ****96%**

**79%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**25%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****24%**

**46%

Television ****28%**

**41%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**43%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Majherhat?

■ Majherhat · ■ Budge Budge - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.4%**

**79.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**981

Working population ****32.6%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 73.6% for women. 59% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 78 (11%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 290 (42%) · **■** Marginal 211 (30%)

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

- Sehai2,189 people
- Ghanasyambati2,162 people
- Chak Bansbaria2,144 people
- Satgachhia2,129 people
- Paita2,113 people
- Brindabanpur2,086 people
- Itali1,986 people
- Chak Daulat1,835 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 Majherhat?2,123 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majherhat in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Budge Budge - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majherhat?79.4% (Census 2011)