# Muragachha Village, Kalna - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kalna - I, Barddhaman 

# Muragachha

Muragachha is a village in Kalna - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,724 people in 440 households**, the 39th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.9%.

- 1,724people (2011)
- 440households
- 59.5%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Muragachha

Of every 100 households in Muragachha in 2011, 32 had electricity, 47 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Muragachha · ■ Kalna - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**44%

Toilet within the home ****47%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**47%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**13%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**88%

Use banking services ****53%**

**58%

Television ****17%**

**25%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**8%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****35%**

**26%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Muragachha?

■ Muragachha · ■ Kalna - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.5%**

**74.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****849**

**979

Working population ****35.6%**

**41.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.4% for men and 55.2% for women. 52% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 52 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 203 (33%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (7%) · **■** Marginal 313 (51%)

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 Kalna - I

- Uplati1,814 people
- Salghara1,791 people
- Uttar Rameswarpur1,769 people
- Nawapara1,727 people
- Isabpur1,693 people
- Kasimpur1,671 people
- Kharinan1,631 people
- Surjapur1,626 people

[All 99 villages in Kalna - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kalna-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Muragachha?1,724 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Muragachha in?Barddhaman district (Kalna - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Muragachha?59.5% (Census 2011)