# Macha Parulia Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Macha Parulia

Macha Parulia is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,605 people in 550 households**, the 13th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 2,605people (2011)
- 550households
- 70.5%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Macha Parulia

Of every 100 households in Macha Parulia in 2011, 43 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Macha Parulia · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**86%

Tap water ****2%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**67%

Use banking services ****54%**

**43%

Television ****19%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****22%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Macha Parulia?

■ Macha Parulia · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.5%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****934**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****829**

**908

Working population ****39.8%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.3% for men and 59.1% for women. 59% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 108 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 144 (14%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 138 (13%) · **■** Marginal 647 (62%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Bankdaha2,958 people
- Sarangapur2,943 people
- Saltora2,928 people
- Latiabani2,847 people
- Barasal2,550 people
- Panktor2,494 people
- Bishinda2,373 people
- Bara Kumira2,355 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Macha Parulia?2,605 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Macha Parulia in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Macha Parulia?70.5% (Census 2011)