Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur
# Mallikpur

Mallikpur is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 2,164 people in 521 households, the 14th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.
- 2,164 people (2011)
- 521 households
- 83.4% literacy
- 917 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mallikpur

Of every 100 households in Mallikpur in 2011, 44 had electricity, 57 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mallikpur · ■ Balurghat rural average
- Electricity for lighting 44% 38%
- Toilet within the home 57% 33%
- No toilet (open defecation) 42% 65%
- Tap water 0% 8%
- Drinking water within premises 63% 47%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 5% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 83% 90%
- Use banking services 66% 41%
- Television 33% 26%
- Mobile phone 53% 37%
- Computer with internet 1% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 2%
- None of these assets 24% 26%
- Own their home 96% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Mallikpur?

■ Mallikpur · ■ Balurghat rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 83.4% 73.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 917 937
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 1287 965
- Working population 36.7% 46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 77.7% for women. 60% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 211 (27%) · ■ Farm labourers 117 (15%) · ■ Household industry 13 (2%) · ■ Other work 270 (34%) · ■ Marginal 184 (23%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Balurghat
- Jalghar 2,310 people
- Chingispur 2,297 people
- Uttar Roypur 2,279 people
- Barakali 2,209 people
- Sarangoan 2,115 people
- Sewai 2,082 people
- Durllabhpur 2,046 people
- Dangi 2,041 people

All 307 villages in Balurghat

## Other places named Mallikpur
- Mallikpur · Town, South Twenty Four Parganas · 19,120 people
- Mallikpur · Village, Mandirbazar, South Twenty Four Parganas · 3,505 people
- Mallikpur · Village, Potashpur - II, Purba Medinipur · 2,514 people
- Mallikpur · Village, Jagatballavpur, Haora · 2,034 people
- Mallikpur · Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum · 1,858 people
- Mallikpur · Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur · 1,794 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Mallikpur? 2,164 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mallikpur in? Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mallikpur? 83.4% (Census 2011)

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