# Muraliganja Village, Jaypur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Jaypur, Bankura 

# Muraliganja

Muraliganja is a village in Jaypur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,893 people in 611 households**, the 14th largest of 137 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.6%.

- 2,893people (2011)
- 611households
- 60.7%literacy
- 934females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Muraliganja

Of every 100 households in Muraliganja in 2011, 35 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Muraliganja · ■ Jaypur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**73%

Tap water ****1%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****64%**

**79%

Use banking services ****4%**

**62%

Television ****3%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**12%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Muraliganja?

■ Muraliganja · ■ Jaypur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.7%**

**74.6%

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

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1066**

**951

Working population ****34.5%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 49.7% for women. 53% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 152 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 365 (37%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 69 (7%) · **■** Marginal 407 (41%)

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 Jaypur

- Jaypur3,136 people
- Rajsol3,127 people
- Belia3,064 people
- Jadabnagar3,030 people
- Hetia2,757 people
- Gopal Nagar2,624 people
- Hijaldigha2,569 people
- Rajgram2,368 people

[All 139 villages in Jaypur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/jaypur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Muraliganja?2,893 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Muraliganja in?Bankura district (Jaypur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Muraliganja?60.7% (Census 2011)