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

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Malpara

Malpara is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **879 people in 182 households**, the 73rd largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 879people (2011)
- 182households
- 61.8%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malpara

Of every 100 households in Malpara in 2011, 1 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Malpara · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****83%**

**62%

Television ****1%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**7%

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

**1%

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

**22%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Malpara?

■ Malpara · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.8%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1235**

**963

Working population ****35.8%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 52.6% for women. 58% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 90 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 39 (12%) · **■** Other work 100 (32%) · **■** Marginal 86 (27%)

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

- Kantapal936 people
- Pakharbar922 people
- Makhmalpur918 people
- Rautarapur893 people
- Jhinuk Palasia878 people
- Talda876 people
- Alikasha873 people
- Gan Pada870 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 Malpara?879 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malpara in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malpara?61.8% (Census 2011)