# Maildanga Village, Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Maildanga

Maildanga is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **348 people in 65 households**, the 216th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 348people (2011)
- 65households
- 73.5%literacy
- 1,059females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maildanga

Of every 100 households in Maildanga in 2011, 32 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maildanga · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****60%**

**26%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Maildanga?

■ Maildanga · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.5%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1059**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1083**

**954

Working population ****36.2%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.7% for men and 66.7% for women. 56% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 63 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 41 (33%) · **■** Household industry 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 11 (9%) · **■** Marginal 8 (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 Tapan

- Pabail363 people
- Sikarpur358 people
- Parbbatpur352 people
- Chhayani Basudebpur349 people
- Tarajpur344 people
- Sundarpur338 people
- Fatullapur337 people
- Naighati320 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maildanga?348 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maildanga in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maildanga?73.5% (Census 2011)