# Maldi Village, Balarampur, Puruliya (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Balarampur, Puruliya 

# Maldi

Maldi is a village in Balarampur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,327 people in 251 households**, the 33rd largest of 89 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.2%.

- 1,327people (2011)
- 251households
- 66.0%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maldi

Of every 100 households in Maldi in 2011, 28 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maldi · ■ Balarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**3%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**97%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**7%

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

**1%

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

**89%

Use banking services ****23%**

**39%

Television ****11%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**22%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**99%

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 Maldi?

■ Maldi · ■ Balarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.0%**

**57.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1268**

**939

Working population ****57.0%**

**43.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.6% for men and 52.6% for women. 64% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 9 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 83 (11%) · **■** Marginal 641 (85%)

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 Balarampur

- Dumari1,484 people
- Chakulia1,417 people
- Bhalubasa1,372 people
- Deuli1,349 people
- Baraha Chatarma1,306 people
- Jugidi Kashidi1,305 people
- Nekre1,297 people
- Kurni1,288 people

[All 90 villages in Balarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/balarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maldi?1,327 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maldi in?Puruliya district (Balarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maldi?66.0% (Census 2011)