# Makarshui Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Makarshui

Makarshui is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **576 people in 94 households**, the 79th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 14.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 576people (2011)
- 94households
- 14.9%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makarshui

Of every 100 households in Makarshui in 2011, 5 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 82 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Makarshui · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**80%

Tap water ****58%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****0%**

**16%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****82%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****7%**

**46%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Makarshui?

■ Makarshui · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****14.9%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**953

Working population ****15.3%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 12.7% for men and 17.2% for women. 30% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 85 (97%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (2%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Chanchal - II

- Ujitpur797 people
- Chandipur Darmar740 people
- Bangapal677 people
- Sambhunagar626 people
- Chhidampur554 people
- Damanbhiti487 people
- Batrishkola449 people
- Sholabagha355 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makarshui?576 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makarshui in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makarshui?14.9% (Census 2011)