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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Mahinagar

Mahinagar is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,655 people in 620 households**, the 16th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 2,655people (2011)
- 620households
- 63.0%literacy
- 961females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahinagar

Of every 100 households in Mahinagar in 2011, 8 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahinagar · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**46%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**96%

Use banking services ****22%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**20%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahinagar?

■ Mahinagar · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.0%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****961**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****952**

**969

Working population ****44.7%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.6% for men and 52.9% for women. 55% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 292 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 358 (30%) · **■** Other work 213 (18%) · **■** Marginal 325 (27%)

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

- Fatepur3,161 people
- Tungail Bilpara3,094 people
- Bhandar3,078 people
- Palaibari2,706 people
- Dhankail2,603 people
- Madhabpur2,477 people
- Ratan2,402 people
- Bhuinhara2,372 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahinagar?2,655 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahinagar in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahinagar?63.0% (Census 2011)