# Magra Village, Bankura - II, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Magra

Magra is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,519 people in 520 households**, the 14th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 2,519people (2011)
- 520households
- 80.7%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Magra

Of every 100 households in Magra in 2011, 41 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Magra · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**82%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**16%

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

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****77%**

**56%

Use banking services ****48%**

**58%

Television ****19%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

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

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Magra?

■ Magra · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.7%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****926**

**924

Working population ****41.6%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.1% for men and 72.5% for women. 60% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 145 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 234 (22%) · **■** Household industry 304 (29%) · **■** Other work 151 (14%) · **■** Marginal 213 (20%)

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 Bankura - II

- Hariyargara2,818 people
- Bhuj Sohar2,706 people
- Kodalia2,654 people
- Kesekol2,555 people
- Purandarpur2,189 people
- Ekteswar2,039 people
- Kalaberia2,033 people
- Pratappur1,958 people

[All 154 villages in Bankura - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/bankura-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Magra?2,519 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Magra in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Magra?80.7% (Census 2011)