# Malancha Village, Minakhan – Population & Literacy

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Malancha

Malancha is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,965 people in 645 households**, the 18th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,965people (2011)
- 645households
- 74.7%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malancha

Of every 100 households in Malancha in 2011, 46 had electricity, 74 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Malancha · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****46%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****74%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**14%

Tap water ****57%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****36%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**94%

Use banking services ****26%**

**29%

Television ****16%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****36%**

**44%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Malancha?

■ Malancha · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.7%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**961

Working population ****32.2%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.1% for men and 70.0% for women. 57% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 30 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (14%) · **■** Household industry 24 (3%) · **■** Other work 613 (64%) · **■** Marginal 152 (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 Minakhan

- Kachurhula3,540 people
- Bagchar3,428 people
- Tentulbaria3,316 people
- Mallick Gheri3,151 people
- Kadihati2,904 people
- Kharibiaria2,864 people
- Mauli2,829 people
- Hatbhanga2,827 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malancha?2,965 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malancha in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malancha?74.7% (Census 2011)