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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Maramu

Maramu is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **661 people in 124 households**, the 74th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 59.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 661people (2011)
- 124households
- 59.3%literacy
- 910females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maramu

Of every 100 households in Maramu in 2011, 14 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maramu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****2%**

**30%

Television ****1%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****12%**

**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 Maramu?

■ Maramu · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****59.3%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****910**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****943**

**973

Working population ****47.0%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 41.1% for women. 51% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 49 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 109 (35%) · **■** Marginal 151 (49%)

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

- Taherbera729 people
- Mamudi714 people
- Hesalber702 people
- Chorgali680 people
- Shalgram653 people
- Tahaddiri638 people
- Rahan626 people
- Chirugara622 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maramu?661 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maramu in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maramu?59.3% (Census 2011)