# Mallikpur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Mallikpur

Mallikpur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,420 people in 312 households**, the 30th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 1,420people (2011)
- 312households
- 65.1%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mallikpur

Of every 100 households in Mallikpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mallikpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**85%

Use banking services ****44%**

**57%

Television ****23%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**95%

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 Mallikpur?

■ Mallikpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.1%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**961

Working population ****40.1%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 58.3% for women. 66% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 233 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 195 (34%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 52 (9%) · **■** Marginal 85 (15%)

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 Sainthia

- Digha1,724 people
- Uttar Bamnigaon1,663 people
- Uttar Kanaipur1,499 people
- Purba Siur1,477 people
- Palashdanga1,418 people
- Salchapra1,411 people
- Kherua1,402 people
- Kusumjatra1,364 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mallikpur?1,420 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mallikpur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mallikpur?65.1% (Census 2011)