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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Murulahar

Murulahar is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,694 people in 310 households**, the 25th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 1,694people (2011)
- 310households
- 65.5%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Murulahar

Of every 100 households in Murulahar in 2011, 44 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Murulahar · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****61%**

**80%

Use banking services ****69%**

**30%

Television ****25%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**0%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Murulahar?

■ Murulahar · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.5%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****937**

**973

Working population ****40.1%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 48.5% for women. 50% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 7 (1%) · **■** Household industry 98 (14%) · **■** Other work 146 (21%) · **■** Marginal 343 (50%)

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

- Chitarpur Alias Kokarkhap1,779 people
- Tigra1,771 people
- Bara Hankol1,747 people
- Bara Metyala1,724 people
- Nawahatu1,625 people
- Barudi1,605 people
- Ukma1,518 people
- Kanudi1,490 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Murulahar?1,694 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Murulahar in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Murulahar?65.5% (Census 2011)