# Malgaon Village, Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Malgaon

Malgaon is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **6,048 people in 1,216 households**, the 1st largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 6,048people (2011)
- 1,216households
- 70.4%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malgaon

Of every 100 households in Malgaon in 2011, 16 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Malgaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****16%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**96%

Use banking services ****15%**

**34%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**20%

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 Malgaon?

■ Malgaon · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.4%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**969

Working population ****35.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.3% for men and 66.2% for women. 54% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 621 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 807 (38%) · **■** Household industry 77 (4%) · **■** Other work 267 (12%) · **■** Marginal 371 (17%)

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 Kaliaganj

- Delwarpur5,086 people
- Kunore4,709 people
- Tarangapur3,956 people
- Raghunathpur3,874 people

[All 192 villages in Kaliaganj](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/kaliaganj/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malgaon?6,048 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malgaon in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malgaon?70.4% (Census 2011)