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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Marlong

Marlong is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **875 people in 163 households**, the 54th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 875people (2011)
- 163households
- 58.7%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Marlong

Of every 100 households in Marlong in 2011, 32 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Marlong · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**96%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****34%**

**30%

Television ****10%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****18%**

**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 Marlong?

■ Marlong · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.7%**

**54.6%

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

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**973

Working population ****58.5%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 44.5% for women. 60% of men and 57% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 69 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (4%) · **■** Other work 157 (31%) · **■** Marginal 263 (51%)

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

- Rampur929 people
- Shyampur910 people
- Hankasara906 people
- Raghunathpur887 people
- Kuriyam858 people
- Chaitandi833 people
- Panrua826 people
- Jhilinglahar815 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Marlong?875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marlong in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Marlong?58.7% (Census 2011)