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

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Village · Jhalda - II, Puruliya 

# Mutukura

Mutukura is a village in Jhalda - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,185 people in 405 households**, the 16th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 54.6%.

- 2,185people (2011)
- 405households
- 57.4%literacy
- 1,033females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mutukura

Of every 100 households in Mutukura in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 7 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mutukura · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

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

**3%

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

**96%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****37%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**6%

Mobile phone ****7%**

**16%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****20%**

**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 Mutukura?

■ Mutukura · ■ Jhalda - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.4%**

**54.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1033**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1160**

**973

Working population ****52.7%**

**45.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.0% for men and 32.0% for women. 53% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 12 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 8 (1%) · **■** Household industry 867 (75%) · **■** Other work 47 (4%) · **■** Marginal 217 (19%)

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

- Matkuma2,465 people
- Durgu2,462 people
- Rigid2,312 people
- Jiudaru2,232 people
- Chiruhatu2,180 people
- Adardi1,980 people
- Mohanpur1,875 people
- Oldi1,797 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mutukura?2,185 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mutukura in?Puruliya district (Jhalda - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mutukura?57.4% (Census 2011)