# Dakshin Mahurapur Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Dakshin Mahurapur

Dakshin Mahurapur is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **566 people in 148 households**, the 69th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 566people (2011)
- 148households
- 57.8%literacy
- 1,058females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dakshin Mahurapur

Of every 100 households in Dakshin Mahurapur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dakshin Mahurapur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**86%

Use banking services ****18%**

**20%

Television ****3%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****61%**

**46%

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 Dakshin Mahurapur?

■ Dakshin Mahurapur · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.8%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1058**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****860**

**983

Working population ****31.4%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.1% for men and 53.9% for women. 53% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 67 (38%) · **■** Household industry 6 (3%) · **■** Other work 37 (21%) · **■** Marginal 48 (27%)

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 Murarai - I

- Jhikarhati632 people
- Sutia622 people
- Lakshmi Narayanpur575 people
- Shrinibaspur568 people
- Kumadol549 people
- Panpur514 people
- Mukundapur472 people
- Chandanpur406 people

[All 80 villages in Murarai - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dakshin Mahurapur?566 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dakshin Mahurapur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dakshin Mahurapur?57.8% (Census 2011)