Village · Baduria, North Twenty Four Parganas
# Maleapur

Maleapur is a village in Baduria sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 4,318 people in 1,006 households, the 19th largest of 96 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.
- 4,318 people (2011)
- 1,006 households
- 74.8% literacy
- 980 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maleapur

Of every 100 households in Maleapur in 2011, 25 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maleapur · ■ Baduria rural average
- Electricity for lighting 25% 45%
- Toilet within the home 84% 81%
- No toilet (open defecation) 12% 16%
- Tap water 22% 5%
- Drinking water within premises 31% 35%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 4%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 96% 94%
- Use banking services 36% 57%
- Television 6% 16%
- Mobile phone 26% 39%
- Computer with internet 0% 1%
- Two-wheeler 2% 6%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 31% 24%
- Own their home 98% 96%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Maleapur?

■ Maleapur · ■ Baduria rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 74.8% 78.5%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 980 959
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 909 960
- Working population 31.9% 38.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.0% for men and 71.7% for women. 56% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 171 (12%) · ■ Farm labourers 325 (24%) · ■ Household industry 40 (3%) · ■ Other work 443 (32%) · ■ Marginal 400 (29%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Baduria
- Piyara 4,957 people
- Jangalpur 4,917 people
- Serpur 4,874 people
- Fatullapur 4,589 people
- Salua 4,237 people
- Bagjola 4,124 people
- Narayanpur 4,116 people
- Haidarpur 4,098 people

All 96 villages in Baduria

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Maleapur? 4,318 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maleapur in? North Twenty Four Parganas district (Baduria sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maleapur? 74.8% (Census 2011)

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