# Moktarpur Village, Raninagar - I, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Raninagar - I, Murshidabad 

# Moktarpur

Moktarpur is a village in Raninagar - I sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **9,739 people in 2,294 households**, the 1st largest of 57 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.0%.

- 9,739people (2011)
- 2,294households
- 69.0%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Moktarpur

Of every 100 households in Moktarpur in 2011, 4 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Moktarpur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**17%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**76%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****54%**

**47%

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

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**27%

Television ****2%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**21%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****34%**

**38%

Own their home ****95%**

**94%

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 Moktarpur?

■ Moktarpur · ■ Raninagar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**65.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****999**

**992

Working population ****31.9%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 67.2% for women. 58% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 497 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 1,768 (57%) · **■** Household industry 22 (1%) · **■** Other work 165 (5%) · **■** Marginal 650 (21%)

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 Raninagar - I

- Tekaraipur9,232 people
- Goas Kalikapur8,384 people
- Bishnupur8,320 people
- Herampur8,125 people

[All 63 villages in Raninagar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/raninagar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Moktarpur?9,739 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Moktarpur in?Murshidabad district (Raninagar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Moktarpur?69.0% (Census 2011)