# Malikota, Kotulpur, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kotulpur, Bankura 

# Malikota

Malikota is a village in [Kotulpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/kotulpur/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **1,163 people in 260 households**, the 43rd largest of 165 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.6%.

- 1,163people (2011)
- 260households
- 81.1%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malikota

Of every 100 households in Malikota in 2011, 73 had electricity, 41 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malikota · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****73%**

**65%

Toilet within the home ****41%**

**39%

No toilet (open defecation) ****59%**

**60%

Tap water ****2%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**28%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**81%

Use banking services ****69%**

**65%

Television ****31%**

**33%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**12%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**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 Malikota?

■ Malikota · ■ Kotulpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.1%**

**77.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1245**

**969

Working population ****42.6%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.6% for men and 74.9% for women. 61% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 159 (32%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (23%) · **■** Household industry 24 (5%) · **■** Other work 53 (11%) · **■** Marginal 147 (30%)

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

- Poal Gere1,335 people
- Raghunathpur1,261 people
- Saintara1,203 people
- Kopa1,179 people
- Nanagar1,159 people
- Lallbazar1,157 people
- Maji Pushkarini1,154 people
- Malpur1,152 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malikota?1,163 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malikota in?Bankura district (Kotulpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malikota?81.1% (Census 2011)