# Maricha Village, Amdanga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Maricha

Maricha is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,125 people in 741 households**, the 17th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 3,125people (2011)
- 741households
- 80.0%literacy
- 943females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maricha

Of every 100 households in Maricha in 2011, 59 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maricha · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****4%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****63%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****83%**

**91%

Use banking services ****67%**

**50%

Television ****25%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Maricha?

■ Maricha · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****943**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**969

Working population ****40.4%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 75.7% for women. 62% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 257 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 360 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 285 (23%) · **■** Marginal 359 (28%)

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 Amdanga

- Rafipur3,372 people
- Hisabi3,349 people
- Bargachhia3,287 people
- Tentulia3,139 people
- Sonadanga3,081 people
- Harpara2,960 people
- Kamdebpur2,906 people
- Kanchiara2,884 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maricha?3,125 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maricha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maricha?80.0% (Census 2011)