Village · Manbazar - I, Puruliya
# Makarkendi

Makarkendi is a village in Manbazar - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,162 people in 222 households, the 39th largest of 219 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.6%.
- 1,162 people (2011)
- 222 households
- 77.9% literacy
- 946 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Makarkendi

Of every 100 households in Makarkendi in 2011, 34 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 37 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Makarkendi · ■ Manbazar - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 34% 28%
- Toilet within the home 2% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 96% 95%
- Tap water 3% 4%
- Drinking water within premises 6% 4%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 1%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 89%
- Use banking services 66% 31%
- Television 12% 10%
- Mobile phone 37% 25%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 9% 5%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 1%
- None of these assets 26% 29%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Makarkendi?

■ Makarkendi · ■ Manbazar - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 77.9% 62.6%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 946 975
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 793 939
- Working population 52.5% 49.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.0% for men and 66.5% for women. 52% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 4 (1%) · ■ Farm labourers 19 (3%) · ■ Household industry 8 (1%) · ■ Other work 10 (2%) · ■ Marginal 569 (93%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Manbazar - I
- Chandra 1,172 people
- Pialisol 1,170 people
- Barmesya 1,169 people
- Rangatanr 1,168 people
- Jangidiri 1,151 people
- Asanbani 1,103 people
- Madhupur 1,103 people
- Tukya 1,079 people

All 243 villages in Manbazar - I

## Other places named Makarkendi
- Makarkendi · Village, Bankura - I, Bankura · 193 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Makarkendi? 1,162 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Makarkendi in? Puruliya district (Manbazar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Makarkendi? 77.9% (Census 2011)

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