# Maljamuna Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Maljamuna

Maljamuna is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **783 people in 187 households**, the 87th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 783people (2011)
- 187households
- 69.2%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maljamuna

Of every 100 households in Maljamuna in 2011, 56 had electricity, 98 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maljamuna · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****56%**

**40%

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

**40%

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

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****74%**

**39%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**97%

Use banking services ****100%**

**62%

Television ****26%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Maljamuna?

■ Maljamuna · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.2%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**963

Working population ****38.6%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.5% for men and 62.5% for women. 59% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 13 (4%) · **■** Other work 40 (13%) · **■** Marginal 248 (82%)

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 Dantan - I

- Bakurpada846 people
- Karakpur843 people
- Lalitapur829 people
- Krishnamaiti Bar820 people
- Benapura770 people
- Balabhadrapur762 people
- Ekamalipur761 people
- Bhetiamla748 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maljamuna?783 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maljamuna in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maljamuna?69.2% (Census 2011)