# Moktarapur Village, Nawda, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Nawda, Murshidabad 

# Moktarapur

Moktarapur is a village in Nawda sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,741 people in 412 households**, the 27th largest of 28 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.1%.

- 1,741people (2011)
- 412households
- 65.8%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Moktarapur

Of every 100 households in Moktarapur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 39 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Moktarapur · ■ Nawda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****39%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****61%**

**52%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**64%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**29%

Television ****23%**

**15%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**28%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Moktarapur?

■ Moktarapur · ■ Nawda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**66.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****758**

**969

Working population ****32.1%**

**32.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.0% for men and 65.5% for women. 59% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 188 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (20%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 102 (18%) · **■** Marginal 148 (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 Nawda

- Paresnathpur2,264 people
- Ghoramara2,111 people
- Sibnagar1,869 people
- Chandabad1,811 people
- Kanapara1,578 people

[All 39 villages in Nawda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/nawda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Moktarapur?1,741 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Moktarapur in?Murshidabad district (Nawda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Moktarapur?65.8% (Census 2011)