# Mahalitora Village, Purulia - I, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Mahalitora

Mahalitora is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,272 people in 193 households**, the 40th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 1,272people (2011)
- 193households
- 75.2%literacy
- 650females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahalitora

Of every 100 households in Mahalitora in 2011, 30 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahalitora · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****50%**

**84%

Use banking services ****97%**

**44%

Television ****22%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**22%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Mahalitora?

■ Mahalitora · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.2%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****650**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****988**

**934

Working population ****25.2%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.3% for men and 53.8% for women. 33% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 10 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 46 (14%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 96 (30%) · **■** Marginal 168 (52%)

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 Purulia - I

- Gopladi1,416 people
- Digshili1,348 people
- Chainpur Alias Turuhulu1,332 people
- Ranibandh1,282 people
- Penrra1,242 people
- Sibdi1,214 people
- Bhadsa1,183 people
- Gobindpur1,174 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahalitora?1,272 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahalitora in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahalitora?75.2% (Census 2011)