# Makarda Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Makarda

Makarda is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,282 people in 283 households**, the 43rd largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 1,282people (2011)
- 283households
- 82.0%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makarda

Of every 100 households in Makarda in 2011, 6 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Makarda · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****36%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****44%**

**60%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****28%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Makarda?

■ Makarda · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.0%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****939**

**942

Working population ****50.2%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.2% for men and 74.7% for women. 61% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 163 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (16%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 93 (14%) · **■** Marginal 285 (44%)

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 Pingla

- Rautarapur1,425 people
- Ujan1,415 people
- Surat Chak1,289 people
- Naratha1,284 people
- Harma1,275 people
- Ghoramara1,259 people
- Dhaneshwarpur Madhya Bar1,247 people
- Gokul Chak1,153 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makarda?1,282 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makarda in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makarda?82.0% (Census 2011)