# Majhauk Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Majhauk

Majhauk is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **215 people in 42 households**, the 194th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 21.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 215people (2011)
- 42households
- 21.1%literacy
- 991females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majhauk

Of every 100 households in Majhauk in 2011, 0 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 0 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Majhauk · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**78%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**60%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****27%**

**96%

Use banking services ****6%**

**19%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**28%

Own their home ****90%**

**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 Majhauk?

■ Majhauk · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****21.1%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****991**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****739**

**943

Working population ****44.2%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 25.9% for men and 16.7% for women. 50% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 50 (53%) · **■** Other work 1 (1%) · **■** Marginal 24 (25%)

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 Karandighi

- Chunamari278 people
- Jaynagra242 people
- Surta240 people
- Sahapur239 people
- Dakishin Maheshpur160 people
- Jotilamat150 people
- Kararan144 people
- Patanduba99 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majhauk?215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majhauk in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majhauk?21.1% (Census 2011)