# Maligaon Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Maligaon

Maligaon is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,472 people in 329 households**, the 34th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 1,472people (2011)
- 329households
- 57.0%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maligaon

Of every 100 households in Maligaon in 2011, 18 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maligaon · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****24%**

**18%

Television ****8%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****46%**

**24%

Own their home ****99%**

**99%

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 Maligaon?

■ Maligaon · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.0%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****923**

**955

Working population ****43.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.5% for men and 49.4% for women. 53% of men and 33% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 84 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 537 (84%) · **■** Other work 14 (2%) · **■** Marginal 4 (1%)

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 Kushmundi

- Putahari1,563 people
- Minapara1,535 people
- Isnail1,531 people
- Ujil1,491 people
- Deulabari1,450 people
- Mahishbathan1,446 people
- Goalgaon1,434 people
- Pashim Mollapara1,355 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maligaon?1,472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maligaon in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maligaon?57.0% (Census 2011)