# Majura, Sarenga, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sarenga, Bankura 

# Majura

Majura is a village in [Sarenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sarenga/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,319 people in 472 households**, the 4th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 2,319people (2011)
- 472households
- 64.4%literacy
- 944females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majura

Of every 100 households in Majura in 2011, 44 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Majura · ■ Sarenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**23%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**95%

Use banking services ****46%**

**53%

Television ****15%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Majura?

■ Majura · ■ Sarenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****944**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****694**

**938

Working population ****42.6%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.4% for men and 54.3% for women. 57% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 157 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 382 (39%) · **■** Household industry 46 (5%) · **■** Other work 133 (13%) · **■** Marginal 271 (27%)

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 Sarenga

- Sarenga5,888 people
- Kuldiha2,988 people
- Chhota Sarenga2,922 people
- Baragarra2,202 people
- Chingra1,949 people
- Gargarya1,922 people
- Goalbari1,752 people

[All 166 villages in Sarenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sarenga/villages/)

## Other places named Majura

- Majura · Village, Vishnupur, Bankura · 4,245 people
- Majura · Village, Mohanpur, Gaya · 2,047 people
- Majura · Village, Jamtara, Jamtara · 698 people
- Majura · Village, Khoyrasol, Birbhum · 561 people
- Majura · Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya · 491 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majura?2,319 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majura in?Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majura?64.4% (Census 2011)