# Mahara Village, Manbazar - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya 

# Mahara

Mahara is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,678 people in 340 households**, the 19th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.

- 1,678people (2011)
- 340households
- 62.7%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahara

Of every 100 households in Mahara in 2011, 57 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahara · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**28%

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

**4%

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

**95%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**89%

Use banking services ****13%**

**31%

Television ****15%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****23%**

**29%

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 Mahara?

■ Mahara · ■ Manbazar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**62.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**975

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****905**

**939

Working population ****55.7%**

**49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 48.3% for women. 59% of men and 52% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 221 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 118 (13%) · **■** Household industry 4 (0%) · **■** Other work 70 (7%) · **■** Marginal 522 (56%)

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 Manbazar - I

- Banmohara1,809 people
- Kamta1,783 people
- Daka Kendu1,759 people
- Jamgoria1,736 people
- Payrachali1,668 people
- Bisri1,660 people
- Turang1,637 people
- Kadma1,547 people

[All 243 villages in Manbazar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/manbazar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahara?1,678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahara in?Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahara?62.7% (Census 2011)