# Malayapur Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Malayapur

Malayapur is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **923 people in 224 households**, the 90th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 923people (2011)
- 224households
- 89.2%literacy
- 868females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malayapur

Of every 100 households in Malayapur in 2011, 74 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 49 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Malayapur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**59%

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

**95%

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

**3%

Tap water ****57%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**46%

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

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****50%**

**47%

Television ****32%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****49%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****15%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Malayapur?

■ Malayapur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.2%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****868**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****600**

**965

Working population ****42.1%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 94.1% for men and 83.7% for women. 67% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 177 (46%) · **■** Farm labourers 63 (16%) · **■** Other work 82 (21%) · **■** Marginal 67 (17%)

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 Gaighata

- Madhusudankati972 people
- Shyampur Shripur972 people
- Bayasa945 people
- Hudasimulpur924 people
- Noradaha888 people
- Nalkura844 people
- Garibpur776 people
- Kaipukharia755 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malayapur?923 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malayapur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malayapur?89.2% (Census 2011)