# Melki Kutubpur Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Melki Kutubpur

Melki Kutubpur is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,008 people in 490 households**, the 44th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 2,008people (2011)
- 490households
- 69.0%literacy
- 978females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Melki Kutubpur

Of every 100 households in Melki Kutubpur in 2011, 54 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 39 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Melki Kutubpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**48%

Tap water ****1%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**84%

Use banking services ****45%**

**58%

Television ****33%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****39%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****10%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Melki Kutubpur?

■ Melki Kutubpur · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****978**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1115**

**962

Working population ****51.3%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.5% for men and 61.2% for women. 64% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 228 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 475 (46%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 82 (8%) · **■** Marginal 222 (22%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Chapabere2,193 people
- Harpur2,054 people
- Lokabati2,035 people
- Nalitajol2,034 people
- Bagnan1,986 people
- Gopikantapur1,968 people
- Gurbari1,898 people
- Deulpara1,835 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Melki Kutubpur?2,008 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Melki Kutubpur in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Melki Kutubpur?69.0% (Census 2011)