Wardwise Population and Households
As per 2011 population census, Maharajgunj Municipality had total 54,800 population with 28,122 males and 26,678 females. Out of total wards, ward number 9 had the largest population 6,785, while ward number 4 had least number of population with 6,785.
With respect to number of households, Maharajgunj Municipality had total 7,977 households. The ward number 9 had most households with total 953, while ward number 4 had least number of households with total 488 number of households.
As illustrated in the chart, the ratio of male to female population was 1.05, which indicates that Maharajgunj Municipality had -5 percent lower males as compared to the females. Same as, the population to household ratio was 6.87, which means that in average 6.87 family members lived in each household.
Absentee Population
As illustrated in the charts, the ratio of absentee population was 30.53, while male to female absentee population ratio was 11.15. Same as, the household ratio of present vs. absent population was 5.77.
Population by Age Group
Gender wise, top 5 most age groups male population were between 5 and 9 (3,942), between 10 and 14 (3,847), below 4 (3,373), between 15 and 19 (2,904), and between 25 and 29 (2,022), with total population of 16,088. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (425), between 70 and 74 (434), between 65 and 69 (772),between 55 and 59 (828), and between 60 and 64 (920), with total population of 3,379. With regards to female population, top 5 age groups females were between 5 and 9 (3,870), between 10 and 14 (3,483), below 4 (3,236), between 15 and 19 (2,629), and between 20 and 24 (2,126), with total population of 15,344. In contrast, bottom 5 least age group male population were above 75 (367), between 70 and 74 (415), between 65 and 69 (556),between 55 and 59 (791), and between 50 and 54 (835), with total population of 2,964.
The population with age-group 65 to 69 had male to female ratio of 1.39, which states that this age group had maximum males as compared to females. Similarly, age-group 30 to 34 had most female population as compared to male population with male to female ratio of 0.88. The age-groups 65 to 69, 45 to 49, above 75, 35 to 39, 50 to 54, 10 to 14, 15 to 19, 60 to 64, 40 to 44, 55 to 59, 70 to 74, below 4, 5 to 9, 25 to 29 had majority of male population while age-groups 20 to 24, 30 to 34 had majority of female population as per male-female ratios. Moreover, age-groups had eqivalent or almost equal numbers of male and female population with male-female ratios of 1.
The population pyramid for Maharajgunj Municipality visually illustrates the male vs. female population based on different age groups. The population data and ratio tables are also available in this link.
Population Ratios
There were 54.89 % (30,080 ) of independent population, the working age people between ages of 15 and 64 years. The dependent children, ages below 15 years, were 39.69 % with total number of 21,751. The dependent elderly population, aged 65 and above were 5.42 % with total number of 2,969. As such, total dependent population including children and elderly people were 45.11 with total number of 24,720
There were 12,280 women of child-bearing age-group of 15 to 49 years. Same as, the todlers or children of 4 years or below were 6,609. The ratio of woman of child-bearing age and the number of todlers state that, approximately 538 children were born per 1,000 women. This number is also roughly used as fertility levels when direct measures of births are not available.
Literacy, Education Levels & Schooling
Grade 1-12 Students & Schools
The pie-chart and graphs above further illustrates the students and schools.
Population by Language Spoken
Mostly spoken language in Maharajgunj is Avadhi, which is spoken by 40,315 people. The Maharajgunj has people who speak other languages, such as Urdu, Nepali, Maithili, Magar, Rai, Bhojpuri, Doteli, Tamang, Newar, Hindi, Santhali, Thakali, etc.
Out of total population, 19,515 female speaks Avadhi language, while 20,800 male speaks Avadhi language.Details information about languages spoken by male and female groups of population has been illustrated in the table.Population by Castes
According to 2011 census conducted by Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), Maharajgunj Municipality was inhabitted by mostly the people of Muslim caste with total population of 13,456. There were as little as Satar/Santhal caste with population of as little as 11 in total. People of several other castes who live in Maharajgunj are Kurmi, Yadav, Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi, Chamar/Harijan/Ram, Kahar, Dhobi, Teli, Terai Others, Brahmin - Tarai, Hajam/Thakur, Kewat, Badhaee, Kori, Kathbaniyan, Baraee, Tharu, Sanyasi/Dashnami, Brahmin - Hill, Kalwar, Lohar, Mallaha, Koiri/Kushwaha, Chhetri, Haluwai, Gaderi/Bhedhar, Bangali, Kami, Dhandi, Kayastha, Dalit Others, Magar, Dhunia, Rai, Marwadi, Natuwa, Bhote, Sonar, Newar, Lodh, Damai/Dholi, Mali, Tamang, Dhankar/Kharikar, Sarki, Pattharkatta/Kushwadiya, Thakuri, Satar/Santhal, Thakali, etc. Only the population of castes with above 1,000 population are illustrated in the table.
Top five castes of people in Maharajgunj Municipality are Muslim (13,456), Kurmi (8,246), Yadav (7,456), Dusadh/Pasawan/Pasi (3,358) and Chamar/Harijan/Ram (2,775) with total population of 35,291, which forms 64.40 percent out of total population of 54,800 in Maharajgunj Municipality.Population by Disability
Similarly, there were 112 people who were blind and 81 people were deaf, while 16 people were both blind and deaf. Moreover, 60 persons had reported of having speech problems. Total 65 people had multiple disabilities.
The pie-chart above illustrate the better picture of disabled population along with genderwise ratios.
Household Foundation
With respect to wall of the houses, 5,370 houses were mud bonded, 1,044 houses were cement bonded, 237 houses were wood planks bonded, 806 houses were bamboo bonded and 84 houses had unbaked bricks on their outer walls.Rest of the houses were reported of having other types of outer wall, while some of them reported nothing of having the outer wall bonding.
There were several types of house roofs reported. Total 1,866 houses were reported of having thatch roofs while 57 houses had galvanized roofs. Similarly, 314 houses had roof of tile, 5,301 houses had RCC roofs, 271 houses had roof of woods while 0 houses were reported having roof of mud. As per 2011 CBS census, some of the houses had other types of roofs while some didn't report about the roof structure.
With respect to the toilets, 7,346 out of 7,977 houses didn't report of having a private toilet for their households. Nevertheless, 500 houses were reported of having flush toilet while 104 houses reported having ordinary toilets.
Utilities
With reference to source of fuel, 2,852 households reported their source of fuel as firewood while 146 households had kerosene as their fuel source. The LP gas was used by 99 households as a source of fuel. Moreover, other sources of fuel were cow dung (4,641), bio-gas (208), fuel electricity (0), etc.
Same as, total 3,591 households had reported of having electricity as the source of their household's lighting. The households still using kerosene as source of light were 4,164, while 46 households used solar energy as source of lights. Total 0 households also reported of using bio-gas as a source of light. The ratio of use of electricity as compared to other source of light was 0.45.
Facilities
Economic Census
According to 2018 Economic Census, there are total 874 establishments in Maharajgunj Municipality that are involved in various economic activities. In those establishments, total 3,957 persons are engaged for the economic activities, as a self-employed or an employee, with total male engagement of 3,110 and female engagement of 847 persons.In every business, there were an average of 4.53 people engaged with average males are 3.56 and females are 0.97. The ratio of male to female engagement in the establishments are 3.67, which means as many as 3.67 males are enagement in the economic activities per female.
Similarly, the engagement of males were 78.59 percent while the females are 21.41 percent.
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