# Murakata Village, Onda, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Onda, Bankura 

# Murakata

Murakata is a village in Onda sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,444 people in 325 households**, the 49th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.8%.

- 1,444people (2011)
- 325households
- 64.5%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Murakata

Of every 100 households in Murakata in 2011, 45 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Murakata · ■ Onda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****45%**

**39%

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

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**19%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****2%**

**70%

Use banking services ****61%**

**58%

Television ****20%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Murakata?

■ Murakata · ■ Onda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.5%**

**65.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****819**

**937

Working population ****41.3%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.4% for men and 55.0% for women. 61% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 153 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 55 (9%) · **■** Other work 79 (13%) · **■** Marginal 310 (52%)

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 Onda

- Rasiara1,500 people
- Beliara1,473 people
- Churamanipur1,471 people
- Bikrampur1,464 people
- Gorasol1,434 people
- Patlabani1,404 people
- Bara Kurpa1,390 people
- Machhrakhi1,370 people

[All 291 villages in Onda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/onda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Murakata?1,444 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Murakata in?Bankura district (Onda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Murakata?64.5% (Census 2011)