# Mahuda Village, Jhalda - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Mahuda

Mahuda is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **618 people in 117 households**, the 79th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 618people (2011)
- 117households
- 52.9%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahuda

Of every 100 households in Mahuda in 2011, 0 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahuda · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****16%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

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

**35%

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 Mahuda?

■ Mahuda · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.9%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**973

Working population ****56.3%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.3% for men and 39.1% for women. 57% of men and 55% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 127 (36%) · **■** Household industry 32 (9%) · **■** Other work 9 (3%) · **■** Marginal 180 (52%)

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 - II

- Shalgram653 people
- Tahaddiri638 people
- Rahan626 people
- Chirugara622 people
- Poradi609 people
- Khairi594 people
- Bagda586 people
- Dulmi586 people

[All 129 villages in Jhalda - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/jhalda-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahuda?618 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahuda in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahuda?52.9% (Census 2011)