# Maharajaganj Village, Namkhana – Population & Literacy

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Village · Namkhana, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Maharajaganj

Maharajaganj is a village in Namkhana sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,185 people in 478 households**, the 30th largest of 34 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 85.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.7%.

- 2,185people (2011)
- 478households
- 85.2%literacy
- 968females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maharajaganj

Of every 100 households in Maharajaganj in 2011, 27 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maharajaganj · ■ Namkhana rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**73%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**26%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****26%**

**41%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**1%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****21%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**92%

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 Maharajaganj?

■ Maharajaganj · ■ Namkhana rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****85.2%**

**85.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****968**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1106**

**959

Working population ****32.8%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.3% for men and 78.7% for women. 58% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 202 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (12%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 216 (30%) · **■** Marginal 209 (29%)

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 Namkhana

- Nadabhanga3,653 people
- Mousani3,578 people
- Madanganj3,143 people
- Debnibas2,711 people
- Durganagar1,693 people
- Iswaripur1,368 people
- Narayanganj1,352 people
- Lakshmipur Abad1,176 people

[All 39 villages in Namkhana](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/namkhana/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maharajaganj?2,185 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maharajaganj in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Namkhana sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maharajaganj?85.2% (Census 2011)