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

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Village · Hemtabad, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Makarhat

Makarhat is a village in Hemtabad sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **755 people in 171 households**, the 73rd largest of 114 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.9%.

- 755people (2011)
- 171households
- 67.1%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makarhat

Of every 100 households in Makarhat in 2011, 25 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Makarhat · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**78%

Tap water ****99%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**67%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****6%**

**16%

Television ****5%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**27%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Makarhat?

■ Makarhat · ■ Hemtabad rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.1%**

**67.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**955

Working population ****34.6%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.7% for men and 61.3% for women. 52% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 71 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (37%) · **■** Other work 7 (3%) · **■** Marginal 87 (33%)

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

- Goalpara793 people
- Kashiya793 people
- Manikpara786 people
- Garura773 people
- Dakshin Krishnapur739 people
- Sekhpur718 people
- Madhabpur716 people
- Simuldanga714 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makarhat?755 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makarhat in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Hemtabad sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makarhat?67.1% (Census 2011)