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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Mohanpur

Mohanpur is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,875 people in 329 households**, the 19th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,875people (2011)
- 329households
- 50.9%literacy
- 1,003females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mohanpur

Of every 100 households in Mohanpur in 2011, 6 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 18 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mohanpur · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**96%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****18%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****66%**

**80%

Use banking services ****13%**

**30%

Television ****3%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****19%**

**35%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Mohanpur?

■ Mohanpur · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.9%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1003**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**973

Working population ****42.8%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.0% for men and 37.8% for women. 57% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 351 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 31 (4%) · **■** Household industry 55 (7%) · **■** Other work 90 (11%) · **■** Marginal 275 (34%)

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

- Jiudaru2,232 people
- Mutukura2,185 people
- Chiruhatu2,180 people
- Adardi1,980 people
- Oldi1,797 people
- Chitarpur Alias Kokarkhap1,779 people
- Tigra1,771 people
- Bara Hankol1,747 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mohanpur?1,875 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mohanpur in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mohanpur?50.9% (Census 2011)