# Makoa Village, Murarai - I, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Murarai - I, Birbhum 

# Makoa

Makoa is a village in Murarai - I sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,668 people in 539 households**, the 21st largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 55.4%.

- 2,668people (2011)
- 539households
- 50.9%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makoa

Of every 100 households in Makoa in 2011, 19 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Makoa · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**84%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**10%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**86%

Use banking services ****7%**

**20%

Television ****4%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**46%

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 Makoa?

■ Makoa · ■ Murarai - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.9%**

**55.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1112**

**983

Working population ****36.7%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 56.3% for men and 45.3% for women. 54% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 126 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 465 (47%) · **■** Household industry 63 (6%) · **■** Other work 129 (13%) · **■** Marginal 197 (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 Murarai - I

- Duria3,012 people
- Kamdebnala2,931 people
- Ratanpur2,840 people
- Chatra2,733 people
- Paschim Simlapara2,635 people
- Kanakpur2,546 people
- Ruprampur2,488 people
- Batia2,308 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makoa?2,668 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makoa in?Birbhum district (Murarai - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makoa?50.9% (Census 2011)