# Maraya Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Maraya

Maraya is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **638 people in 147 households**, the 96th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 638people (2011)
- 147households
- 64.9%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maraya

Of every 100 households in Maraya in 2011, 43 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maraya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**86%

Tap water ****6%**

**7%

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

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****85%**

**67%

Use banking services ****13%**

**43%

Television ****25%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****49%**

**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 Maraya?

■ Maraya · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****714**

**908

Working population ****35.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.8% for men and 57.5% for women. 56% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 50 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (2%) · **■** Other work 13 (6%) · **■** Marginal 161 (71%)

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

- Chhota Lalpur655 people
- Ratanpur653 people
- Shua Basa647 people
- Dandulya642 people
- Kallapur624 people
- Thumkonra623 people
- Gopinathpur616 people
- Pachamba598 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maraya?638 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maraya in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maraya?64.9% (Census 2011)