# Makhyada Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Makhyada

Makhyada is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,086 people in 457 households**, the 17th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 2,086people (2011)
- 457households
- 72.0%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makhyada

Of every 100 households in Makhyada in 2011, 30 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Makhyada · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**6%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**84%

Use banking services ****29%**

**50%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****16%**

**21%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Makhyada?

■ Makhyada · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.0%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****942**

**937

Working population ****54.7%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.7% for men and 59.3% for women. 57% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 100 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (4%) · **■** Household industry 25 (2%) · **■** Other work 76 (7%) · **■** Marginal 900 (79%)

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

- Talajuri2,305 people
- Gourangadih2,246 people
- Mehi2,240 people
- Kalidaha2,110 people
- Bhalagara2,046 people
- Bar-Ahartor1,991 people
- Uparra1,836 people
- Daulatpur1,788 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Makhyada?2,086 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makhyada in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makhyada?72.0% (Census 2011)