# Aral Basti Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Aral Basti

Aral Basti is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,208 people in 243 households**, the 54th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 1,208people (2011)
- 243households
- 56.4%literacy
- 993females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Aral Basti

Of every 100 households in Aral Basti in 2011, 34 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 33 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Aral Basti · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**85%

Tap water ****31%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**9%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**95%

Use banking services ****84%**

**25%

Television ****10%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****33%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****21%**

**58%

Own their home ****93%**

**93%

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 Aral Basti?

■ Aral Basti · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.4%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****993**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****910**

**964

Working population ****46.4%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 63.6% for men and 49.3% for women. 51% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 82 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 179 (32%) · **■** Household industry 97 (17%) · **■** Other work 136 (24%) · **■** Marginal 67 (12%)

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 - II

- Simgram1,375 people
- Uttar Ramchandrapur1,339 people
- Khutkhali1,305 people
- Math Karamja1,245 people
- Basantapur1,150 people
- Deluha1,068 people
- Dwariapur1,062 people
- Kichai1,024 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Aral Basti?1,208 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Aral Basti in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Aral Basti?56.4% (Census 2011)