# Mahagaon Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/mahagaon/

Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Mahagaon

Mahagaon is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **565 people in 114 households**, the 135th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 565people (2011)
- 114households
- 62.2%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahagaon

Of every 100 households in Mahagaon in 2011, 0 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahagaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****53%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**96%

Use banking services ****95%**

**34%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**20%

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 Mahagaon?

■ Mahagaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1606**

**969

Working population ****33.1%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.5% for men and 51.3% for women. 55% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 159 (85%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 22 (12%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Mitrabati621 people
- Mirzzagar617 people
- Uttar Kachna617 people
- Suknandighi601 people
- Maruadangi563 people
- Banigaon556 people
- Kujia544 people
- Uttar Gobindapur535 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahagaon?565 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahagaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahagaon?62.2% (Census 2011)