# Manikmara Village, Taldangra, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Taldangra, Bankura 

# Manikmara

Manikmara is a village in Taldangra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,138 people in 238 households**, the 44th largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,138people (2011)
- 238households
- 56.0%literacy
- 990females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manikmara

Of every 100 households in Manikmara in 2011, 10 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Manikmara · ■ Taldangra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**85%

Tap water ****3%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**88%

Use banking services ****98%**

**59%

Television ****4%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**19%

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 Manikmara?

■ Manikmara · ■ Taldangra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.0%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****990**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****838**

**978

Working population ****53.9%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.9% for men and 42.3% for women. 57% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 19 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 38 (6%) · **■** Other work 12 (2%) · **■** Marginal 544 (89%)

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 Taldangra

- Murakati1,190 people
- Shyamsundarpur1,176 people
- Chakmajuriprasadpur1,153 people
- Saldaha1,149 people
- Jafla1,105 people
- Brindabanpur1,087 people
- Manipur1,086 people
- Deuli1,063 people

[All 145 villages in Taldangra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/taldangra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manikmara?1,138 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manikmara in?Bankura district (Taldangra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manikmara?56.0% (Census 2011)