# Mahua Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Mahua

Mahua is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **16,080 people in 3,168 households**, the 1st largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 16,080people (2011)
- 3,168households
- 42.5%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahua

Of every 100 households in Mahua in 2011, 28 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahua · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**91%

Use banking services ****17%**

**20%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****50%**

**35%

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 Mahua?

■ Mahua · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.5%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****983**

**950

Working population ****27.3%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 49.7% for men and 34.7% for women. 46% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,556 (35%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,780 (40%) · **■** Household industry 7 (0%) · **■** Other work 578 (13%) · **■** Marginal 475 (11%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Panjipara12,376 people
- Jaingaon10,866 people
- Majlishpur7,802 people
- Bara Singhanath7,454 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahua?16,080 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahua in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahua?42.5% (Census 2011)