Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur
# Maghiapara

Maghiapara is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 486 people in 97 households, the 175th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.
- 486 people (2011)
- 97 households
- 50.7% literacy
- 1,113 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maghiapara

Of every 100 households in Maghiapara in 2011, 3 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maghiapara · ■ Itahar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 3% 24%
- Toilet within the home 0% 17%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 82%
- Tap water 97% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 0% 32%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 17% 96%
- Use banking services 13% 16%
- Television 3% 10%
- Mobile phone 22% 27%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 1% 3%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 44% 32%
- Own their home 96% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Maghiapara?

■ Maghiapara · ■ Itahar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 50.7% 58.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1113 949
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1056 955
- Working population 63.6% 38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.3% for men and 41.3% for women. 64% of men and 63% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 25 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 208 (67%) · ■ Household industry 41 (13%) · ■ Other work 9 (3%) · ■ Marginal 26 (8%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Itahar
- Malanchi 538 people
- Panchadebati 512 people
- Haripur 497 people
- Patnalia 497 people
- Nadhna 480 people
- Aiho 475 people
- Bochkapara 472 people
- Barabella 447 people

All 220 villages in Itahar

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Maghiapara? 486 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maghiapara in? Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maghiapara? 50.7% (Census 2011)

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