# Mahimuji Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Mahimuji

Mahimuji is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,795 people in 436 households**, the 33rd largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 1,795people (2011)
- 436households
- 42.5%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahimuji

Of every 100 households in Mahimuji in 2011, 7 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahimuji · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****7%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**86%

Use banking services ****4%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****53%**

**46%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Mahimuji?

■ Mahimuji · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.5%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1049**

**983

Working population ****39.6%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 47.3% for men and 37.4% for women. 58% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 57 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (16%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 207 (29%) · **■** Marginal 332 (47%)

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

- Raghunathpur2,052 people
- Paniara1,889 people
- Dalima1,818 people
- Sohara1,816 people
- Sumarpur1,784 people
- Dulandi1,722 people
- Tapna1,678 people
- Kanaipur1,620 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahimuji?1,795 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahimuji in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahimuji?42.5% (Census 2011)