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

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Maulai

Maulai is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **492 people in 97 households**, the 145th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 56.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 492people (2011)
- 97households
- 56.2%literacy
- 945females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maulai

Of every 100 households in Maulai in 2011, 0 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 3 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maulai · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**27%

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

**17%

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

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****38%**

**29%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****5%**

**18%

Television ****0%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****3%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Maulai?

■ Maulai · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****56.2%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****945**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****842**

**955

Working population ****35.2%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 65.1% for men and 46.9% for women. 55% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 85 (49%) · **■** Farm labourers 57 (33%) · **■** Other work 6 (3%) · **■** Marginal 25 (14%)

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

- Raghabpur520 people
- Bhaktipur516 people
- Durllabhpur516 people
- Panchanagar499 people
- Mastail489 people
- Madhabpur Baragachhi481 people
- Badbighor478 people
- Poradanga473 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maulai?492 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maulai in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maulai?56.2% (Census 2011)