# Markola Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Markola

Markola is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,125 people in 260 households**, the 51st largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,125people (2011)
- 260households
- 75.5%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Markola

Of every 100 households in Markola in 2011, 47 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 31 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Markola · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**85%

Use banking services ****93%**

**57%

Television ****29%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****31%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Markola?

■ Markola · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.5%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1038**

**961

Working population ****43.8%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.1% for men and 66.3% for women. 64% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 81 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 185 (38%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 36 (7%) · **■** Marginal 184 (37%)

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 Sainthia

- Uttar Amarpur1,192 people
- Harisara1,187 people
- Uttar Bangaon1,160 people
- Bengra1,158 people
- Phulur1,117 people
- Uttar Tilpara1,113 people
- Kusumdihi1,111 people
- Harishkopa1,099 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Markola?1,125 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Markola in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Markola?75.5% (Census 2011)