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

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Village · Kaliaganj, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Maljum

Maljum is a village in Kaliaganj sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **393 people in 85 households**, the 156th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 66.5%.

- 393people (2011)
- 85households
- 65.2%literacy
- 1,026females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Maljum

Of every 100 households in Maljum in 2011, 8 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Maljum · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****20%**

**46%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****0%**

**34%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Maljum?

■ Maljum · ■ Kaliaganj rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**66.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1026**

**947

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1088**

**969

Working population ****53.4%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.6% for men and 59.9% for women. 56% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 79 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 66 (31%) · **■** Marginal 65 (31%)

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

- Dhanaitor449 people
- Dhanipukur422 people
- Madhupur406 people
- Shakrpur403 people
- Uttar Durgapur389 people
- Khail385 people
- Bansihara381 people
- Ghatishal378 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Maljum?393 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Maljum in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Kaliaganj sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Maljum?65.2% (Census 2011)