# Marapia Village, Canning - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Canning - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Marapia

Marapia is a village in Canning - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,999 people in 372 households**, the 38th largest of 53 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 35.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.7%.

- 1,999people (2011)
- 372households
- 35.8%literacy
- 821females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Marapia

Of every 100 households in Marapia in 2011, 46 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 43 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Marapia · ■ Canning - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**22%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**58%

Tap water ****1%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****44%**

**4%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****4%**

**95%

Use banking services ****13%**

**20%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****43%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****7%**

**38%

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 Marapia?

■ Marapia · ■ Canning - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****35.8%**

**65.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****821**

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****856**

**950

Working population ****23.8%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.9% for men and 27.0% for women. 43% of men and 1% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 250 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 16 (3%) · **■** Household industry 23 (5%) · **■** Other work 125 (26%) · **■** Marginal 62 (13%)

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 Canning - I

- Dakshin Redokhali2,445 people
- Kara Kati2,434 people
- Sundi Pukhuria2,256 people
- Paranikheko2,169 people
- Kankradaha1,752 people
- Dakshin Angad Baria1,727 people
- Mara Haldi1,716 people
- Poramura1,656 people

[All 53 villages in Canning - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/canning-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Marapia?1,999 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Marapia in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Canning - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Marapia?35.8% (Census 2011)