# Apalchand Village, Mal, Jalpaiguri (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Mal, Jalpaiguri 

# Apalchand

Apalchand is a village in Mal sub-district of Jalpaiguri district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **553 people in 125 households**, the 88th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 553people (2011)
- 125households
- 68.3%literacy
- 881females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Apalchand

Of every 100 households in Apalchand in 2011, 1 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 13 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Apalchand · ■ Mal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**29%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**37%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****3%**

**29%

Television ****10%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****13%**

**23%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****54%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**62%

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 Apalchand?

■ Apalchand · ■ Mal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****881**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**970

Working population ****32.4%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 59.9% for women. 55% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 48 (27%) · **■** Farm labourers 117 (65%) · **■** Other work 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 9 (5%)

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 Mal

- Purbba Mauamari868 people
- Uttar Chengmari844 people
- Golabari776 people
- Hanskhali714 people
- Paschim Mauamari547 people
- Uttar Phulbari442 people
- Paschim Totgaon386 people
- Kalagaity301 people

[All 103 villages in Mal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/jalpaiguri/mal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Apalchand?553 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Apalchand in?Jalpaiguri district (Mal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Apalchand?68.3% (Census 2011)