# Mahendraganj Village, Sagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sagar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mahendraganj

Mahendraganj is a village in Sagar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,559 people in 889 households**, the 25th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 88.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 84.2%.

- 4,559people (2011)
- 889households
- 88.4%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahendraganj

Of every 100 households in Mahendraganj in 2011, 1 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mahendraganj · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**1%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****23%**

**30%

Television ****12%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**4%

None of these assets ****26%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Mahendraganj?

■ Mahendraganj · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****88.4%**

**84.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****950**

**964

Working population ****26.2%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 83.3% for women. 45% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 45 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 30 (3%) · **■** Household industry 18 (2%) · **■** Other work 129 (11%) · **■** Marginal 971 (81%)

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 Sagar

- Companir Char5,262 people
- Ghoramara5,193 people
- Radha Krishnapur5,082 people
- Sumatinagar4,699 people
- Nagendraganj4,556 people
- Bamankhali4,151 people
- Bankimnagar3,885 people
- Kirtankhali3,728 people

[All 47 villages in Sagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/sagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahendraganj?4,559 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahendraganj in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahendraganj?88.4% (Census 2011)