# Maraldanga Village, Gaighata – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Maraldanga

Maraldanga is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,039 people in 466 households**, the 52nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 2,039people (2011)
- 466households
- 75.4%literacy
- 929females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maraldanga

Of every 100 households in Maraldanga in 2011, 69 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 53 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Maraldanga · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****69%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

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

**3%

Tap water ****9%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****63%**

**47%

Television ****30%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****53%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****8%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Maraldanga?

■ Maraldanga · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.4%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****929**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****889**

**965

Working population ****35.1%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.5% for men and 71.1% for women. 60% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 153 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 220 (31%) · **■** Household industry 57 (8%) · **■** Other work 113 (16%) · **■** Marginal 173 (24%)

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

- Jaytara2,228 people
- Matikomra2,193 people
- Gutri2,141 people
- Bharadanga2,127 people
- Singjol2,035 people
- Dhankuni2,030 people
- Mahishakati1,972 people
- Jhikra1,968 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 Maraldanga?2,039 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maraldanga in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maraldanga?75.4% (Census 2011)