# Malandighi Village, Kanksa, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Kanksa, Barddhaman 

# Malandighi

Malandighi is a village in Kanksa sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,590 people in 574 households**, the 11th largest of 77 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 72.5%.

- 2,590people (2011)
- 574households
- 66.7%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malandighi

Of every 100 households in Malandighi in 2011, 52 had electricity, 38 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Malandighi · ■ Kanksa rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****38%**

**31%

No toilet (open defecation) ****62%**

**68%

Tap water ****31%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****51%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**70%

Use banking services ****33%**

**68%

Television ****33%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**12%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**18%

Own their home ****99%**

**96%

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 Malandighi?

■ Malandighi · ■ Kanksa rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.7%**

**72.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1009**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1142**

**976

Working population ****45.6%**

**45.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.5% for men and 59.0% for women. 59% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 97 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 219 (19%) · **■** Household industry 41 (3%) · **■** Other work 386 (33%) · **■** Marginal 439 (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 Kanksa

- Kuldiha3,250 people
- Babnabera3,009 people
- Bistupur2,992 people
- Banskopa2,711 people
- Napara2,512 people
- Gangbil2,435 people
- Bandra2,240 people
- Akandara2,051 people

[All 82 villages in Kanksa](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/kanksa/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malandighi?2,590 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malandighi in?Barddhaman district (Kanksa sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malandighi?66.7% (Census 2011)