# Malidah Village, Bagda – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bagda, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Malidah

Malidah is a village in Bagda sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,472 people in 563 households**, the 37th largest of 106 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 75.3%.

- 2,472people (2011)
- 563households
- 73.7%literacy
- 912females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malidah

Of every 100 households in Malidah in 2011, 62 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Malidah · ■ Bagda rural average

Electricity for lighting ****62%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****98%**

**91%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**7%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**63%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**94%

Use banking services ****15%**

**41%

Television ****26%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**21%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Malidah?

■ Malidah · ■ Bagda rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.7%**

**75.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****912**

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****933**

**970

Working population ****34.9%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.0% for men and 65.7% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 205 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 321 (37%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 214 (25%) · **■** Marginal 114 (13%)

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 Bagda

- Hamkura2,602 people
- Santosha2,585 people
- Thoara2,512 people
- Dhalani2,498 people
- Harinathpur2,449 people
- Kashipur2,433 people
- Mandabghata2,378 people
- Pustighata2,368 people

[All 108 villages in Bagda](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bagda/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malidah?2,472 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malidah in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bagda sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malidah?73.7% (Census 2011)