# Malikapur Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Malikapur

Malikapur is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,372 people in 303 households**, the 51st largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 1,372people (2011)
- 303households
- 80.0%literacy
- 908females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malikapur

Of every 100 households in Malikapur in 2011, 74 had electricity, 93 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 67 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Malikapur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****93%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**15%

Tap water ****17%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**53%

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

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**78%

Use banking services ****61%**

**46%

Television ****51%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****67%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****2%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Malikapur?

■ Malikapur · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.0%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****908**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1045**

**940

Working population ****39.4%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 76.3% for women. 65% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 128 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (11%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 249 (46%) · **■** Marginal 89 (16%)

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

- Mathgram1,493 people
- Kotra1,472 people
- Daspuldanga1,457 people
- Chandigori1,452 people
- Kapasia1,334 people
- Chaturia1,296 people
- Sadarpur1,270 people
- Lakshmipur1,233 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 Malikapur?1,372 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malikapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malikapur?80.0% (Census 2011)