# Manua Village, Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Manua

Manua is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,601 people in 549 households**, the 35th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 2,601people (2011)
- 549households
- 86.3%literacy
- 965females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manua

Of every 100 households in Manua in 2011, 60 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Manua · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****11%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**90%

Use banking services ****40%**

**44%

Television ****29%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Manua?

■ Manua · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.3%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****965**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1230**

**942

Working population ****35.8%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.7% for men and 78.5% for women. 66% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 127 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 106 (11%) · **■** Household industry 22 (2%) · **■** Other work 461 (50%) · **■** Marginal 214 (23%)

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 Kolaghat

- Japhali2,806 people
- Deulbar2,765 people
- Pyarit2,760 people
- Jhakurkol2,721 people
- Gurchakil2,599 people
- Kala Gechhya2,584 people
- Chapda2,494 people
- Dakshin Sagarbar2,444 people

[All 109 villages in Kolaghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/kolaghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manua?2,601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manua in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manua?86.3% (Census 2011)