# Majurjura Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Majurjura

Majurjura is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,204 people in 284 households**, the 46th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 1,204people (2011)
- 284households
- 54.0%literacy
- 1,010females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majurjura

Of every 100 households in Majurjura in 2011, 13 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Majurjura · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****1%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****8%**

**50%

Television ****7%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Majurjura?

■ Majurjura · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.0%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1010**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1604**

**937

Working population ****60.9%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.7% for men and 36.5% for women. 64% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 142 (19%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (11%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 33 (5%) · **■** Marginal 470 (64%)

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 Kashipur

- Kustor1,296 people
- Bodma1,260 people
- Kushjuri1,252 people
- Lohat1,210 people
- Dhanera1,165 people
- Kuardi1,148 people
- Bhatin1,137 people
- Bar Daikiari1,085 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majurjura?1,204 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majurjura in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majurjura?54.0% (Census 2011)