# Malikura Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Malikura

Malikura is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **345 people in 33 households**, the 208th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 345people (2011)
- 33households
- 90.6%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malikura

Of every 100 households in Malikura in 2011, 32 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 6 a car.

■ Malikura · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**65%

Tap water ****100%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****46%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****52%**

**41%

Television ****0%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****6%**

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**26%

Own their home ****66%**

**97%

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 Malikura?

■ Malikura · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.6%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****21.4%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.1% for men and 88.1% for women. 18% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 32 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (24%) · **■** Other work 22 (30%) · **■** Marginal 2 (3%)

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 Balurghat

- Kashtagar361 people
- Kadmathail357 people
- Saidpur350 people
- Kajialsi349 people
- Jangalpur343 people
- Chingra341 people
- Uchhakapur341 people
- Kutubpur339 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malikura?345 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malikura in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malikura?90.6% (Census 2011)