Village · Dighalbank, Kishanganj
# Maldangi

Maldangi is a village in Dighalbank sub-district of Kishanganj district, Bihar, PIN code 855107. The 2011 Census counted 58 people in 12 households, the 80th largest of 80 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 32.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 49.4%.
- 58 people (2011)
- 12 households
- 32.4% literacy
- 855107 PIN code

## Maldangi PIN code and other codes

The PIN code of Maldangi is 855107. Maldangi falls in Dighalbank sub-district, Kishanganj district, Bihar.
- PIN code 855107
- Gram panchayat Athgachhia
- Community development block Dighalbank
- Census village code 222364

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## How far is Maldangi from nearby towns?
- Dighalbank (sub-district HQ) 7 km by road
- Kishanganj (district HQ) 44 km by road
- Bahadurganj (nearest town) 23 km by road

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## What facilities are there in Maldangi?

3 services counted by the Census are inside Maldangi; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village
- ● Pucca (black-topped) road In village
- ● All-weather road In village
- ● Anganwadi centre In village

### Nearest outside
- ○ Primary school under 5 km · Boiriganj
- ○ Senior secondary school 5–10 km · Dighalbank
- ○ Degree college 10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○ ITI / vocational school 10+ km · Kishanganj
- ○ Primary health centre 10+ km
- ○ Allopathic hospital 10+ km
- ○ Dispensary 5–10 km
- ○ Post office under 5 km
- ○ Public bus service 10+ km
- ○ Railway station 10+ km
- ○ ATM 5–10 km
- ○ Commercial bank 5–10 km
- ○ Ration (PDS) shop under 5 km
- ○ Mandi / regular market under 5 km
- ○ Public library 10+ km

### Water and power
- Drinking water hand pumps and tube wells / boreholes
- Electricity (2011) 8 h summer · 12 h winter

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Maldangi known for?

The main crops are paddy. About 79% of the 112 hectares of village land is sown, and 21 hectares are irrigated.

Source: Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory.

## Homes and amenities in Maldangi

Of every 100 households in Maldangi in 2011, 6 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maldangi · ■ Dighalbank rural average
- Electricity for lighting 6% 9%
- Toilet within the home 6% 4%
- No toilet (open defecation) 94% 95%
- Tap water 0% 1%
- Drinking water within premises 22% 44%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 0%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 99%
- Use banking services 6% 16%
- Television 0% 5%
- Mobile phone 56% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 11% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 0%
- None of these assets 28% 30%
- Own their home 100% 98%

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

## What is the population of Maldangi?

■ Maldangi · ■ Dighalbank rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 32.4% 49.4%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 1148 957
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1333 979
- Working population 22.4% 32.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 50.0% for men and 15.8% for women. 48% of men and 0% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 1 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 6 (46%) · ■ Marginal 6 (46%)

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

## Other villages of similar size in Dighalbank
- Kumarkhod 228 people
- Kachunala Milik 227 people
- Kast Karam Ali 151 people
- Dargah Aliganj 107 people

All 81 villages in Dighalbank

## Quick answers
- What is the PIN code of Maldangi? 855107
- How far is Maldangi from Kishanganj? 44 km by road
- What is the population of Maldangi? 58 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maldangi in? Kishanganj district (Dighalbank sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Maldangi? 32.4% (Census 2011)

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