# Malaya Village, Patharpratima – Population & Literacy

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Village · Patharpratima, South Twenty Four Parganas 

# Malaya

Malaya is a village in Patharpratima sub-district of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,921 people in 378 households**, the 70th largest of 87 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 1,921people (2011)
- 378households
- 81.2%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malaya

Of every 100 households in Malaya in 2011, 51 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malaya · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**7%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****51%**

**40%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

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

**0%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****14%**

**45%

Television ****24%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**1%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****56%**

**36%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 · ■ Patharpratima rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.2%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**965

Working population ****37.9%**

**42.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.4% for men and 71.9% for women. 57% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 122 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (13%) · **■** Household industry 28 (4%) · **■** Other work 116 (16%) · **■** Marginal 367 (50%)

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 Patharpratima

- Piprakhali2,274 people
- Mahendra Nagar2,192 people
- Gurudaspur2,183 people
- Chintamanipur2,098 people
- Jagindrapur1,891 people
- Gayadham1,889 people
- Nilerat1,823 people
- Abad Gangadharpur1,615 people

[All 92 villages in Patharpratima](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/south-twenty-four-parganas/patharpratima/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malaya?1,921 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malaya in?South Twenty Four Parganas district (Patharpratima sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malaya?81.2% (Census 2011)