# Maldaha Village, Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Khejuri - II, Purba Medinipur 

# Maldaha

Maldaha is a village in Khejuri - II sub-district of Purba Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,885 people in 780 households**, the 6th largest of 97 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 85.4%.

- 3,885people (2011)
- 780households
- 83.0%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maldaha

Of every 100 households in Maldaha in 2011, 48 had electricity, 90 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Maldaha · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****90%**

**89%

No toilet (open defecation) ****9%**

**9%

Tap water ****6%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****41%**

**36%

Television ****11%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****33%**

**28%

Own their home ****87%**

**96%

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 Maldaha?

■ Maldaha · ■ Khejuri - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**85.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****965**

**977

Working population ****30.8%**

**33.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 86.4% for men and 79.6% for women. 52% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 72 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 265 (22%) · **■** Household industry 30 (3%) · **■** Other work 338 (28%) · **■** Marginal 491 (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 Khejuri - II

- Khajuri7,471 people
- Serkhan Chak7,347 people
- Pankhai4,269 people
- Chauddha Chuli3,903 people
- Baratala3,682 people
- Ram Chak3,006 people
- Mundamari2,907 people
- Halud Bari2,849 people

[All 99 villages in Khejuri - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/purba-medinipur/khejuri-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maldaha?3,885 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maldaha in?Purba Medinipur district (Khejuri - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maldaha?83.0% (Census 2011)