# Elam Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Elam

Elam is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,383 people in 322 households**, the 53rd largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 1,383people (2011)
- 322households
- 69.7%literacy
- 996females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Elam

Of every 100 households in Elam in 2011, 35 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Elam · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****88%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****80%**

**90%

Use banking services ****24%**

**16%

Television ****6%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****30%**

**46%

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 Elam?

■ Elam · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.7%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****996**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**953

Working population ****38.4%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.0% for men and 67.4% for women. 59% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 130 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 137 (26%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 77 (15%) · **■** Marginal 184 (35%)

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 Chanchal - II

- Madhaihat1,455 people
- Krishnaganj1,422 people
- Basudebpur1,410 people
- Dakhin Rasulpur1,394 people
- Bijali1,334 people
- Anandaganj1,264 people
- Dahuka1,242 people
- Gahulapara1,239 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Elam?1,383 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Elam in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Elam?69.7% (Census 2011)