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

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Village · Bankura - II, Bankura 

# Mithila

Mithila is a village in Bankura - II sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,668 people in 356 households**, the 25th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 1,668people (2011)
- 356households
- 78.4%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mithila

Of every 100 households in Mithila in 2011, 62 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 59 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Mithila · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

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

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****24%**

**56%

Use banking services ****52%**

**58%

Television ****38%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****59%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**18%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Mithila?

■ Mithila · ■ Bankura - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.4%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****948**

**924

Working population ****36.3%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.5% for men and 69.4% for women. 56% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 32 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 24 (4%) · **■** Household industry 38 (6%) · **■** Other work 417 (69%) · **■** Marginal 94 (16%)

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

- Kelebala1,774 people
- Belbuni1,772 people
- Panchbaga1,707 people
- Nabanda1,683 people
- Akurabad1,660 people
- Ladadihi1,623 people
- Mukundapur1,525 people
- Kushtia1,469 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mithila?1,668 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mithila in?Bankura district (Bankura - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mithila?78.4% (Census 2011)