# Malaya Village, Magrahat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Magrahat - I, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Malaya

Malaya is a village in Magrahat - I sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,557 people in 548 households**, the 33rd largest of 78 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 74.0%.

- 2,557people (2011)
- 548households
- 75.7%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malaya

Of every 100 households in Malaya in 2011, 31 had electricity, 46 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Malaya · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****46%**

**46%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**51%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**94%

Use banking services ****38%**

**33%

Television ****29%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****24%**

**38%

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 Malaya?

■ Malaya · ■ Magrahat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.7%**

**74.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**954

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****771**

**983

Working population ****31.6%**

**32.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.2% for men and 69.7% for women. 56% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 168 (21%) · **■** Household industry 10 (1%) · **■** Other work 234 (29%) · **■** Marginal 388 (48%)

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 Magrahat - I

- Rajballabhpur2,862 people
- Kanpur2,839 people
- Chak Haturia2,778 people
- Ektara2,604 people
- Jalghara2,545 people
- Ghatakpur2,459 people
- Chak Raypur2,437 people
- Payra Chali2,420 people

[All 81 villages in Magrahat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/magrahat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malaya?2,557 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malaya in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Magrahat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malaya?75.7% (Census 2011)