# Mahula Village, Mayureswar - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Mahula

Mahula is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,589 people in 395 households**, the 32nd largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,589people (2011)
- 395households
- 73.1%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahula

Of every 100 households in Mahula in 2011, 60 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahula · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****74%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**92%

Use banking services ****31%**

**55%

Television ****31%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****10%**

**32%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Mahula?

■ Mahula · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**975

Working population ****50.8%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 63.5% for women. 61% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 240 (30%) · **■** Household industry 32 (4%) · **■** Other work 120 (15%) · **■** Marginal 237 (29%)

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 Mayureswar - I

- Ratma1,838 people
- Parulia1,814 people
- Kanaipur1,706 people
- Dangal1,622 people
- Nandura1,583 people
- Rukunpur1,515 people
- Matmahula1,453 people
- Katigram1,448 people

[All 113 villages in Mayureswar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahula?1,589 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahula in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahula?73.1% (Census 2011)