# Meral Village, Indus, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Indus, Bankura 

# Meral

Meral is a village in Indus sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **762 people in 163 households**, the 85th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 96.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 762people (2011)
- 163households
- 96.6%literacy
- 919females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Meral

Of every 100 households in Meral in 2011, 91 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Meral · ■ Indus rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****69%**

**80%

Use banking services ****72%**

**39%

Television ****54%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****4%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Meral?

■ Meral · ■ Indus rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****96.6%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****919**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**964

Working population ****32.3%**

**40.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 99.5% for men and 93.5% for women. 60% of men and 2% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 158 (64%) · **■** Farm labourers 11 (4%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 67 (27%) · **■** Marginal 9 (4%)

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 Indus

- Bagajal779 people
- Uttar Khanda770 people
- Belbandbi768 people
- Banberia765 people
- Bhagitpur747 people
- Bajitpur745 people
- Baktarpur744 people
- Fatika742 people

[All 131 villages in Indus](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/indus/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Meral?762 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Meral in?Bankura district (Indus sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Meral?96.6% (Census 2011)