# Murgabani Village, Barabazar, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Barabazar, Puruliya 

# Murgabani

Murgabani is a village in Barabazar sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **493 people in 96 households**, the 136th largest of 202 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.4%.

- 493people (2011)
- 96households
- 57.6%literacy
- 964females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Murgabani

Of every 100 households in Murgabani in 2011, 23 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Murgabani · ■ Barabazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**5%

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

**0%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****6%**

**41%

Television ****0%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**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 Murgabani?

■ Murgabani · ■ Barabazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.6%**

**62.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****964**

**978

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**957

Working population ****57.2%**

**50.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.0% for men and 37.7% for women. 54% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 40 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 36 (13%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 81 (29%) · **■** Marginal 123 (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 Barabazar

- Mednitanr528 people
- Bhaluk Dungri521 people
- Ladiha508 people
- Kutra499 people
- Simuldanga478 people
- Chipingdih473 people
- Garasagma460 people
- Brajarajpur455 people

[All 215 villages in Barabazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/barabazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Murgabani?493 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Murgabani in?Puruliya district (Barabazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Murgabani?57.6% (Census 2011)