# Manihara Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Manihara

Manihara is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,104 people in 643 households**, the 4th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 3,104people (2011)
- 643households
- 82.3%literacy
- 892females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Manihara

Of every 100 households in Manihara in 2011, 47 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Manihara · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**30%

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

**8%

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

**91%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****40%**

**84%

Use banking services ****56%**

**50%

Television ****30%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Manihara?

■ Manihara · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.3%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****892**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****944**

**937

Working population ****31.0%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.4% for men and 72.2% for women. 47% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 83 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 2 (0%) · **■** Household industry 50 (5%) · **■** Other work 411 (43%) · **■** Marginal 415 (43%)

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

- Palaskola4,119 people
- Sutabai3,507 people
- Beko3,149 people
- Lara2,774 people
- Gagnabad2,628 people
- Sonaojuri2,624 people
- Barra2,620 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Manihara?3,104 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Manihara in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Manihara?82.3% (Census 2011)