# Mahudal Bazar Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Mahudal Bazar

Mahudal Bazar is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,767 people in 343 households**, the 34th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 1,767people (2011)
- 343households
- 62.2%literacy
- 963females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahudal Bazar

Of every 100 households in Mahudal Bazar in 2011, 38 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahudal Bazar · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****38%**

**28%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**93%

Tap water ****2%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**84%

Use banking services ****36%**

**41%

Television ****14%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**25%

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 Mahudal Bazar?

■ Mahudal Bazar · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.2%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****963**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1054**

**966

Working population ****46.0%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.2% for men and 45.4% for women. 57% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 177 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 89 (11%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 99 (12%) · **■** Marginal 436 (54%)

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 - II

- Jalika2,044 people
- Balarampur1,972 people
- Chakirban1,945 people
- Kandhurka Alias Bhabanipur1,873 people
- Baligara1,731 people
- Kolbandh1,731 people
- Tatari1,696 people
- Kushtuka1,673 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahudal Bazar?1,767 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahudal Bazar in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahudal Bazar?62.2% (Census 2011)