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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Murguma

Murguma is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,749 people in 554 households**, the 10th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 2,749people (2011)
- 554households
- 49.9%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Murguma

Of every 100 households in Murguma in 2011, 13 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Murguma · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****38%**

**30%

Television ****4%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****58%**

**35%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Murguma?

■ Murguma · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.9%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1017**

**973

Working population ****31.7%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.7% for men and 37.7% for women. 48% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 336 (39%) · **■** Farm labourers 146 (17%) · **■** Household industry 17 (2%) · **■** Other work 92 (11%) · **■** Marginal 280 (32%)

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

- Uparbatari3,418 people
- Kachahatu3,057 people
- Bamania2,785 people
- Buruhara Alias Majhidi2,753 people
- Dimu2,471 people
- Matkuma2,465 people
- Durgu2,462 people
- Rigid2,312 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Murguma?2,749 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Murguma in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Murguma?49.9% (Census 2011)