# Maru Village, Jhalda - I, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Jhalda - I, Puruliya 

# Maru

Maru is a village in Jhalda - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,658 people in 330 households**, the 17th largest of 131 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 66.7%.

- 1,658people (2011)
- 330households
- 53.2%literacy
- 983females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maru

Of every 100 households in Maru in 2011, 18 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maru · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**93%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**90%

Use banking services ****19%**

**39%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Maru?

■ Maru · ■ Jhalda - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.2%**

**66.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****983**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****818**

**946

Working population ****32.4%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.5% for men and 38.2% for women. 54% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 109 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 113 (21%) · **■** Household industry 60 (11%) · **■** Other work 48 (9%) · **■** Marginal 207 (39%)

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

- Garia1,726 people
- Danrda1,675 people
- Kudlum1,662 people
- Udaysiru1,660 people
- Sarjamhatu1,624 people
- Benga1,474 people
- Dumaria1,459 people
- Khatjuri1,400 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maru?1,658 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maru in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maru?53.2% (Census 2011)