Claim: When looking at literacy in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of the Parganas district, Thakurpukur Maheshtala (whose population was 176,203 as of 2011) has a 83.54% literacy rate, Budge Budge I has a 80.57% literacy rate, Budge Budge II has a 79.13% literacy rate, Bishnupur I has a 78.33% literacy rate, and Bishnupur II has a 81.37% literacy rate.
Evidence: Thakurpukur Maheshtala is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. According to the 2011 Census of India, Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block had a total population of 176,203, of which 90,180 were rural and 86,023 were urban. According to the 2011 census, the total number of literates in the Thakurpukur Mahestala CD block was 132,097 (83.54% of the population over 6 years) out of which males numbered 70,300 (87.95% of the male population over 6 years) and females numbered 61,797 (79.03% of the female population over 6 years). Budge Budge I – 80.57% Budge Budge II – 79.13% Bishnupur I – 78.33% Bishnupur II – 81.37% 
Thakurpukur Maheshtala – 83.54% Budge Budge I – 80.57% Budge Budge II – 79.13% Bishnupur I – 78.33% Bishnupur II – 81.37% Thakurpukur Maheshtala is a community development block (CD block) that forms an administrative division in the Alipore Sadar subdivision of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal. According to the 2011 Census of India, Thakurpukur Maheshtala CD block had a total population of 176,203, of which 90,180 were rural and 86,023 were urban.