# Maliakur Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Maliakur

Maliakur is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,343 people in 574 households**, the 30th largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,343people (2011)
- 574households
- 71.8%literacy
- 992females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maliakur

Of every 100 households in Maliakur in 2011, 64 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maliakur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****64%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**15%

Tap water ****13%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****56%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**10%

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

**78%

Use banking services ****44%**

**46%

Television ****24%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****17%**

**18%

Own their home ****83%**

**92%

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 Maliakur?

■ Maliakur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.8%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****992**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****879**

**940

Working population ****38.4%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.9% for men and 67.6% for women. 58% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (13%) · **■** Household industry 32 (4%) · **■** Other work 586 (65%) · **■** Marginal 82 (9%)

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 Barasat - I

- Jafarpur2,548 people
- Dubgaria2,409 people
- Kharki2,391 people
- Jaypur2,366 people
- Naksa2,301 people
- Moch Pol2,254 people
- Kilishpur2,252 people
- Raghubirpur2,190 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maliakur?2,343 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maliakur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maliakur?71.8% (Census 2011)