# Malam Village, Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Bansihari, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Malam

Malam is a village in Bansihari sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,637 people in 407 households**, the 23rd largest of 160 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 79.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.8%.

- 1,637people (2011)
- 407households
- 79.8%literacy
- 1,009females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malam

Of every 100 households in Malam in 2011, 64 had electricity, 70 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Malam · ■ Bansihari rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****70%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****30%**

**58%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****61%**

**27%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**89%

Use banking services ****62%**

**32%

Television ****47%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**38%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****16%**

**29%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Malam?

■ Malam · ■ Bansihari rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****79.8%**

**68.8%

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

**958

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1435**

**972

Working population ****38.1%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.0% for men and 74.5% for women. 63% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 203 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 114 (18%) · **■** Household industry 14 (2%) · **■** Other work 255 (41%) · **■** Marginal 38 (6%)

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 Bansihari

- Mahammadpur1,724 people
- Daulatpur1,687 people
- Bilbarail1,665 people
- Dasul1,641 people
- Shyampur1,606 people
- Sarai1,586 people
- Deuria1,582 people
- Chak Sadulya1,464 people

[All 161 villages in Bansihari](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/bansihari/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malam?1,637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malam in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Bansihari sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malam?79.8% (Census 2011)