# Malekanghumti Village, Hingalganj – Population & Literacy

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Village · Hingalganj, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Malekanghumti

Malekanghumti is a village in Hingalganj sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **5,398 people in 1,420 households**, the 13th largest of 42 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.1%.

- 5,398people (2011)
- 1,420households
- 82.7%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malekanghumti

Of every 100 households in Malekanghumti in 2011, 1 had electricity, 64 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Malekanghumti · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**10%

Toilet within the home ****64%**

**75%

No toilet (open defecation) ****32%**

**22%

Tap water ****18%**

**26%

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

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**0%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**96%

Use banking services ****44%**

**34%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**1%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****50%**

**54%

Own their home ****98%**

**98%

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 Malekanghumti?

■ Malekanghumti · ■ Hingalganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.7%**

**78.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****973**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****972**

**974

Working population ****42.5%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.1% for men and 75.0% for women. 60% of men and 25% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 475 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 677 (30%) · **■** Household industry 27 (1%) · **■** Other work 174 (8%) · **■** Marginal 940 (41%)

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 Hingalganj

- Ramapur6,357 people
- Patghara6,270 people
- Bhandarkhali5,832 people
- Sahebkhali5,792 people
- Rupmari4,717 people
- Samsernagar4,394 people
- Madhabkati4,304 people
- Hemnagar3,960 people

[All 42 villages in Hingalganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/hingalganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malekanghumti?5,398 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malekanghumti in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Hingalganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malekanghumti?82.7% (Census 2011)