# Uttar Markandapur Village, Kolaghat – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kolaghat, Purba Medinipur 

# Uttar Markandapur

Uttar Markandapur is a village in Kolaghat sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,381 people in 318 households**, the 65th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 84.5%.

- 1,381people (2011)
- 318households
- 86.2%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Uttar Markandapur

Of every 100 households in Uttar Markandapur in 2011, 46 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 90 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Uttar Markandapur · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**61%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**76%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**19%

Tap water ****32%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**7%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**90%

Use banking services ****13%**

**44%

Television ****48%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****90%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Uttar Markandapur?

■ Uttar Markandapur · ■ Kolaghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.2%**

**84.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**928

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****957**

**942

Working population ****33.3%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.0% for men and 78.8% for women. 57% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 164 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 21 (5%) · **■** Other work 184 (40%) · **■** Marginal 91 (20%)

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

- Nahala1,420 people
- Purbba Bahala1,405 people
- Krishna Nagar1,399 people
- Ray Chak1,394 people
- Khadinan1,371 people
- Purbba Saoraberya1,293 people
- Betberya1,249 people
- Kulia1,217 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Uttar Markandapur?1,381 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Uttar Markandapur in?Purba Medinipur district (Kolaghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Uttar Markandapur?86.2% (Census 2011)