# Magra Village, Moyna, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Moyna, Purba Medinipur 

# Magra

Magra is a village in Moyna sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,215 people in 768 households**, the 24th largest of 85 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 86.4%.

- 3,215people (2011)
- 768households
- 92.1%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Magra

Of every 100 households in Magra in 2011, 50 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Magra · ■ Moyna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**77%

No toilet (open defecation) ****14%**

**18%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****29%**

**31%

Television ****15%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

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

**1%

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

**32%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Magra?

■ Magra · ■ Moyna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****92.1%**

**86.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**923

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****870**

**940

Working population ****47.0%**

**38.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 96.8% for men and 87.0% for women. 60% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 368 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 422 (28%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 218 (14%) · **■** Marginal 492 (33%)

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 Moyna

- Prajabar3,434 people
- Uttar Chanra Chak3,373 people
- Chandibeniya3,346 people
- Dona3,254 people
- Gobradan3,207 people
- Garmayna3,174 people
- Ram Chak3,147 people
- Masum Chak3,055 people

[All 85 villages in Moyna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/moyna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Magra?3,215 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Magra in?Purba Medinipur district (Moyna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Magra?92.1% (Census 2011)