# Muragachha Village, Nakashipara, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Nakashipara, Nadia 

# Muragachha

Muragachha is a village in Nakashipara sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,937 people in 2,204 households**, the 5th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.7%.

- 8,937people (2011)
- 2,204households
- 67.5%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Muragachha

Of every 100 households in Muragachha in 2011, 48 had electricity, 77 a toilet at home and 14 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Muragachha · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****77%**

**56%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**42%

Tap water ****14%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****14%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**92%

Use banking services ****34%**

**23%

Television ****29%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****30%**

**39%

Own their home ****97%**

**96%

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 Muragachha?

■ Muragachha · ■ Nakashipara rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.5%**

**62.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**946

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1021**

**968

Working population ****31.7%**

**32.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.1% for men and 61.8% for women. 56% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 300 (11%) · **■** Farm labourers 556 (20%) · **■** Household industry 217 (8%) · **■** Other work 1,438 (51%) · **■** Marginal 319 (11%)

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 Nakashipara

- Birpur14,116 people
- Saligram9,913 people
- Kanthalbaria9,352 people
- Chenga9,038 people
- Petuabhanga8,403 people
- Dhananjoypur8,302 people
- Patikabari8,242 people
- Haranagar7,621 people

[All 107 villages in Nakashipara](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/nakashipara/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Muragachha?8,937 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Muragachha in?Nadia district (Nakashipara sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Muragachha?67.5% (Census 2011)