# Mahashunda Village, Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Itahar, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Mahashunda

Mahashunda is a village in Itahar sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,891 people in 419 households**, the 51st largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.6%.

- 1,891people (2011)
- 419households
- 66.2%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahashunda

Of every 100 households in Mahashunda in 2011, 46 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Mahashunda · ■ Itahar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**24%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**32%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****87%**

**96%

Use banking services ****57%**

**16%

Television ****32%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**27%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**32%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Mahashunda?

■ Mahashunda · ■ Itahar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**58.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1118**

**955

Working population ****39.3%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.6% for men and 60.7% for women. 59% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 111 (15%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 415 (56%) · **■** Marginal 75 (10%)

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 Itahar

- Chhayghara2,001 people
- Porsha1,997 people
- Birnagar1,957 people
- Sonapur1,935 people
- Behati1,852 people
- Sandia1,828 people
- Chalnia1,822 people
- Indran1,819 people

[All 220 villages in Itahar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/itahar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahashunda?1,891 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahashunda in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Itahar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahashunda?66.2% (Census 2011)