# Malancha Village, Kashipur, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Kashipur, Puruliya 

# Malancha

Malancha is a village in Kashipur sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **634 people in 137 households**, the 109th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 58.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 69.3%.

- 634people (2011)
- 137households
- 58.5%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malancha

Of every 100 households in Malancha in 2011, 10 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Malancha · ■ Kashipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**8%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**91%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**6%

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

**3%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****16%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**21%

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 Malancha?

■ Malancha · ■ Kashipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****58.5%**

**69.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1037**

**937

Working population ****60.9%**

**43.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 73.3% for men and 44.0% for women. 61% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 368 (95%)

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 Kashipur

- Chhelia640 people
- Belyadanga638 people
- Gopal Chak637 people
- Namo Panchmahuli636 people
- Majuramura618 people
- Baykara615 people
- Haridi612 people
- Agrabad610 people

[All 209 villages in Kashipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/kashipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malancha?634 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malancha in?Puruliya district (Kashipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malancha?58.5% (Census 2011)