# Maruidanga Village, Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman 

# Maruidanga

Maruidanga is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **519 people in 116 households**, the 83rd largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 519people (2011)
- 116households
- 72.2%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maruidanga

Of every 100 households in Maruidanga in 2011, 41 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 8 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maruidanga · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****41%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**25%

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

**4%

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

**81%

Use banking services ****3%**

**48%

Television ****6%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****8%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****69%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Maruidanga?

■ Maruidanga · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.2%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**954

Working population ****30.4%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.4% for men and 62.7% for women. 60% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 20 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 115 (73%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 20 (13%)

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 Purbasthali - I

- Balarampur580 people
- Jialgaria580 people
- Rajyadharpara576 people
- Panchlaki571 people
- Bhatra487 people
- Polgram475 people
- Nama Bhandartikuri443 people
- Saidpur325 people

[All 95 villages in Purbasthali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maruidanga?519 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maruidanga in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maruidanga?72.2% (Census 2011)