# Mahakaldanga Village, Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Mahakaldanga

Mahakaldanga is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **455 people in 99 households**, the 94th largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 455people (2011)
- 99households
- 77.8%literacy
- 1,031females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahakaldanga

Of every 100 households in Mahakaldanga in 2011, 60 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahakaldanga · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**67%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****3%**

**16%

Television ****6%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**27%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Mahakaldanga?

■ Mahakaldanga · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1031**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****914**

**955

Working population ****29.5%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.4% for men and 75.4% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 22 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 70 (52%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 13 (10%) · **■** Marginal 28 (21%)

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 Hemtabad

- Uttar Kotagaon548 people
- Hatjugat540 people
- Matiyadob502 people
- Durllabhpur493 people
- Poaltair453 people
- Keshabpur390 people
- Maldua384 people
- Bangalbari379 people

[All 116 villages in Hemtabad](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/hemtabad/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahakaldanga?455 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahakaldanga in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahakaldanga?77.8% (Census 2011)