# Mahatamara Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Mahatamara

Mahatamara is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **963 people in 194 households**, the 45th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 963people (2011)
- 194households
- 73.1%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahatamara

Of every 100 households in Mahatamara in 2011, 33 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 20 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Mahatamara · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****94%**

**93%

Tap water ****1%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****9%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**90%

Use banking services ****79%**

**39%

Television ****16%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****20%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Mahatamara?

■ Mahatamara · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****672**

**946

Working population ****47.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.5% for men and 60.5% for women. 57% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 35 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (10%) · **■** Other work 41 (9%) · **■** Marginal 331 (73%)

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 Jhalda - I

- Akahara1,009 people
- Chandamosina1,006 people
- Darpa992 people
- Ona966 people
- Karmadi959 people
- Kansra936 people
- Bisiria919 people
- Durgi917 people

[All 142 villages in Jhalda - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahatamara?963 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahatamara in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahatamara?73.1% (Census 2011)