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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Malancha

Malancha is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,515 people in 327 households**, the 41st largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 1,515people (2011)
- 327households
- 77.7%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malancha

Of every 100 households in Malancha in 2011, 40 had electricity, 26 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Malancha · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****40%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****26%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****67%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**94%

Use banking services ****28%**

**26%

Television ****19%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Malancha?

■ Malancha · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.7%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****847**

**954

Working population ****40.7%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 70.2% for women. 53% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 92 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 173 (28%) · **■** Household industry 56 (9%) · **■** Other work 64 (10%) · **■** Marginal 231 (38%)

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

- Baturia1,551 people
- Muraripur1,529 people
- Rampur1,526 people
- Kazi Bhagi1,521 people
- Krishnabati1,499 people
- Jiyatkunda1,469 people
- Dwip Khanda1,432 people
- Atila1,425 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malancha?1,515 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malancha in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malancha?77.7% (Census 2011)