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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Malahar

Malahar is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,302 people in 309 households**, the 55th largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,302people (2011)
- 309households
- 66.0%literacy
- 976females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malahar

Of every 100 households in Malahar in 2011, 14 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malahar · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**75%

Tap water ****42%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****16%**

**26%

Television ****10%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Malahar?

■ Malahar · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****976**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****987**

**954

Working population ****37.8%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.1% for men and 59.8% for women. 58% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 154 (31%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (30%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 13 (3%) · **■** Marginal 177 (36%)

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

- Degaon1,337 people
- Sutail1,335 people
- Manahali1,333 people
- Ghatika1,318 people
- Daing Malancha1,234 people
- Fatepur1,233 people
- Sakair1,233 people
- Dubahar1,217 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malahar?1,302 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malahar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malahar?66.0% (Census 2011)