# Makra Village, Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas (West Bengal)

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Makra

Makra is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,291 people in 315 households**, the 75th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 1,291people (2011)
- 315households
- 73.7%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makra

Of every 100 households in Makra in 2011, 5 had electricity, 85 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Makra · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****85%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****15%**

**7%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****83%**

**63%

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

**3%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****42%**

**41%

Television ****2%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****9%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

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

**21%

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 Makra?

■ Makra · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****940**

**970

Working population ****36.0%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 72.7% for women. 63% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 225 (48%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 51 (11%) · **■** Marginal 19 (4%)

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 Bagda

- Baneshwarpur1,436 people
- Bainchidanga1,411 people
- Singi1,322 people
- Mathura1,306 people
- Paschim Bhabanipur1,257 people
- Patkelgachha1,235 people
- Uttar Chamigachhi1,215 people
- Patkelpota1,214 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makra?1,291 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makra in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makra?73.7% (Census 2011)