# Moail Village, Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Purbasthali - II, Barddhaman 

# Moail

Moail is a village in Purbasthali - II sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,292 people in 278 households**, the 59th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,292people (2011)
- 278households
- 65.2%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Moail

Of every 100 households in Moail in 2011, 36 had electricity, 91 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Moail · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**35%

Toilet within the home ****91%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**24%

Tap water ****0%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**40%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**91%

Use banking services ****24%**

**44%

Television ****24%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**26%

Own their home ****80%**

**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 Moail?

■ Moail · ■ Purbasthali - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1407**

**970

Working population ****37.6%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.5% for men and 58.1% for women. 65% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 147 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 304 (63%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 8 (2%)

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 - II

- Dafarpota1,472 people
- Syambati1,442 people
- Mamudpur1,408 people
- Nowapara1,371 people
- Baidyapur1,275 people
- Lohachur1,208 people
- Kaibati1,124 people
- Rukuspur1,123 people

[All 90 villages in Purbasthali - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Moail?1,292 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Moail in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Moail?65.2% (Census 2011)