Village · Chandipur, Purba Medinipur
# Makarajpur

Makarajpur is a village in Chandipur sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 420 people in 94 households, the 92nd largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 87.9%.
- 420 people (2011)
- 94 households
- 87.4% literacy
- 944 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makarajpur

Of every 100 households in Makarajpur in 2011, 76 had electricity, 80 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Makarajpur · ■ Chandipur rural average
- Electricity for lighting 76% 44%
- Toilet within the home 80% 89%
- No toilet (open defecation) 20% 8%
- Tap water 54% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 3% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 2% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 98% 93%
- Use banking services 32% 30%
- Television 36% 14%
- Mobile phone 44% 40%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 5% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 21% 28%
- Own their home 99% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Makarajpur?

■ Makarajpur · ■ Chandipur rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 87.4% 87.9%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 944 935
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 862 925
- Working population 33.8% 36.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 92.5% for men and 82.1% for women. 59% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 3 (2%) · ■ Farm labourers 46 (32%) · ■ Household industry 3 (2%) · ■ Other work 73 (51%) · ■ Marginal 17 (12%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Chandipur
- Gourchak 505 people
- Kotalpur 488 people
- Gilakhali 485 people
- Juktibasan 473 people
- Bajabaria 408 people
- Gopalpur 404 people
- Buraburi Mohanchaudhuri Chak 395 people
- Dharanidhar Chak 386 people

All 112 villages in Chandipur

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Makarajpur? 420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makarajpur in? Purba Medinipur district (Chandipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makarajpur? 87.4% (Census 2011)

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