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

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Village · Purulia - I, Puruliya 

# Majura

Majura is a village in Purulia - I sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **491 people in 105 households**, the 87th largest of 105 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.6%.

- 491people (2011)
- 105households
- 71.5%literacy
- 903females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majura

Of every 100 households in Majura in 2011, 31 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Majura · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**84%

Use banking services ****35%**

**44%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

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 Majura?

■ Majura · ■ Purulia - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.5%**

**64.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****903**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****780**

**934

Working population ****32.0%**

**41.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.1% for men and 61.2% for women. 57% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 4 (3%) · **■** Marginal 151 (96%)

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

- Dumardi548 people
- Simulbera529 people
- Kultanr Alias Nadiara521 people
- Doldanri502 people
- Palanja Alias Misirdi474 people
- Ulidi427 people
- Satsimuliya423 people
- Petadi419 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majura?491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majura in?Puruliya district (Purulia - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majura?71.5% (Census 2011)