# Maligram Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Maligram

Maligram is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **11,337 people in 2,615 households**, the 1st largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 11,337people (2011)
- 2,615households
- 82.2%literacy
- 973females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maligram

Of every 100 households in Maligram in 2011, 36 had electricity, 78 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maligram · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****78%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**32%

Tap water ****1%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**95%

Use banking services ****48%**

**60%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****27%**

**18%

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 Maligram?

■ Maligram · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**83.6%

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

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1011**

**942

Working population ****51.2%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.1% for men and 75.0% for women. 64% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 866 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 883 (15%) · **■** Household industry 176 (3%) · **■** Other work 1,218 (21%) · **■** Marginal 2,665 (46%)

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 Pingla

- Jalchak6,793 people
- Kshirai6,427 people
- Pingla5,253 people
- Dangalsa5,190 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maligram?11,337 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maligram in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maligram?82.2% (Census 2011)