# Mitrapur Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Mitrapur

Mitrapur is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **15,452 people in 3,794 households**, the 1st largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 48.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 15,452people (2011)
- 3,794households
- 48.2%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mitrapur

Of every 100 households in Mitrapur in 2011, 14 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 11 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mitrapur · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**85%

Tap water ****10%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**9%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**95%

Use banking services ****19%**

**25%

Television ****6%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****11%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****69%**

**58%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Mitrapur?

■ Mitrapur · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****48.2%**

**58.0%

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

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****990**

**964

Working population ****36.6%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 51.3% for men and 45.0% for women. 57% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 977 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,947 (34%) · **■** Household industry 278 (5%) · **■** Other work 995 (18%) · **■** Marginal 1,451 (26%)

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

- Paikar12,250 people
- Rudranagar10,756 people
- Kathia8,465 people
- Jijigram6,977 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mitrapur?15,452 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mitrapur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mitrapur?48.2% (Census 2011)