# Malakarpota Village, Kotulpur, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Malakarpota

Malakarpota is a village in Kotulpur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **604 people in 141 households**, the 87th largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 604people (2011)
- 141households
- 73.1%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malakarpota

Of every 100 households in Malakarpota in 2011, 84 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Malakarpota · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****84%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**60%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****49%**

**28%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**81%

Use banking services ****65%**

**65%

Television ****23%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**11%

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 Malakarpota?

■ Malakarpota · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.1%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****936**

**969

Working population ****59.9%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.9% for men and 61.0% for women. 72% of men and 48% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 60 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 151 (42%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 14 (4%) · **■** Marginal 135 (37%)

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 Kotulpur

- Sahabazchak630 people
- Kankabati623 people
- Narayanpur617 people
- Haldi608 people
- Bagdoba603 people
- Chuadanga596 people
- Baragaria592 people
- Jaykrishnapur591 people

[All 169 villages in Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malakarpota?604 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malakarpota in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malakarpota?73.1% (Census 2011)