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

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Village · Para, Puruliya 

# Maldi

Maldi is a village in Para sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **539 people in 100 households**, the 95th largest of 118 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 65.2%.

- 539people (2011)
- 100households
- 63.8%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maldi

Of every 100 households in Maldi in 2011, 20 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Maldi · ■ Para rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**6%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**92%

Tap water ****1%**

**2%

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

**8%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****91%**

**79%

Use banking services ****99%**

**47%

Television ****11%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**32%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****2%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 · ■ Para rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.8%**

**65.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**944

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**968

Working population ****28.9%**

**37.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.6% for men and 45.0% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 4 (3%) · **■** Farm labourers 34 (22%) · **■** Other work 105 (67%) · **■** Marginal 13 (8%)

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 Para

- Pathakdi582 people
- Putulia577 people
- Dayaramdi572 people
- Bhatpahari542 people
- Koldi531 people
- Hurra502 people
- Kantabani494 people
- Dhagora460 people

[All 132 villages in Para](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/para/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maldi?539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maldi in?Puruliya district (Para sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maldi?63.8% (Census 2011)