# Malthol Village, Purulia - II, Puruliya (West Bengal)

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Village · Purulia - II, Puruliya 

# Malthol

Malthol is a village in Purulia - II sub-district of Puruliya district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,289 people in 684 households**, the 7th largest of 101 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 63.5%.

- 3,289people (2011)
- 684households
- 61.7%literacy
- 969females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malthol

Of every 100 households in Malthol in 2011, 15 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malthol · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**28%

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

**6%

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

**93%

Tap water ****22%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**6%

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

**1%

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

**84%

Use banking services ****35%**

**41%

Television ****6%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**25%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Malthol?

■ Malthol · ■ Purulia - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.7%**

**63.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****969**

**961

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1029**

**966

Working population ****42.1%**

**41.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.2% for men and 47.6% for women. 56% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 120 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 183 (13%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 118 (9%) · **■** Marginal 956 (69%)

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 Purulia - II

- Bongabari4,215 people
- Ghongha3,803 people
- Dumdumi3,768 people
- Mahara3,367 people
- Baghra3,221 people
- Palanja3,142 people
- Golamara2,954 people
- Bhangra2,824 people

[All 114 villages in Purulia - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/puruliya/purulia-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malthol?3,289 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malthol in?Puruliya district (Purulia - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malthol?61.7% (Census 2011)