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

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Village · Mayureswar - I, Birbhum 

# Majurhati

Majurhati is a village in Mayureswar - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,152 people in 273 households**, the 44th largest of 107 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 1,152people (2011)
- 273households
- 80.3%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majurhati

Of every 100 households in Majurhati in 2011, 42 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Majurhati · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**81%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**17%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

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

**92%

Use banking services ****56%**

**55%

Television ****25%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**32%

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 Majurhati?

■ Majurhati · ■ Mayureswar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.3%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****921**

**975

Working population ****48.3%**

**40.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.1% for men and 73.8% for women. 67% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 191 (34%) · **■** Household industry 17 (3%) · **■** Other work 84 (15%) · **■** Marginal 110 (20%)

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

- Kamra1,270 people
- Nandigram1,219 people
- Jamalpur1,199 people
- Bhalian1,169 people
- Kumudda1,149 people
- Mahurapur1,104 people
- Tausia1,103 people
- Jhikadda1,088 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majurhati?1,152 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majurhati in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majurhati?80.3% (Census 2011)