# Mahishamari Village, Sagar – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sagar, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Mahishamari

Mahishamari is a village in Sagar sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,890 people in 539 households**, the 34th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.2%.

- 2,890people (2011)
- 539households
- 82.8%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahishamari

Of every 100 households in Mahishamari in 2011, 1 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahishamari · ■ Sagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**1%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**87%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**13%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****36%**

**30%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**4%

None of these assets ****22%**

**24%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Mahishamari?

■ Mahishamari · ■ Sagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.8%**

**84.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**964

Working population ****38.6%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.5% for men and 73.5% for women. 53% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 195 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 175 (16%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 159 (14%) · **■** Marginal 580 (52%)

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

- Naraharipur3,646 people
- Kaylapara3,496 people
- Narayani Abad3,311 people
- Mrityunjoynagar3,143 people
- Muri Ganga2,725 people
- Chandipur2,718 people
- Debimathurapur2,457 people
- Gobindapur2,200 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 Mahishamari?2,890 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahishamari in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Sagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahishamari?82.8% (Census 2011)