# Malkot Village, Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Karandighi, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Malkot

Malkot is a village in Karandighi sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,784 people in 375 households**, the 76th largest of 200 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 53.4%.

- 1,784people (2011)
- 375households
- 65.8%literacy
- 931females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Malkot

Of every 100 households in Malkot in 2011, 30 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Malkot · ■ Karandighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****30%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**21%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**78%

Tap water ****25%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****76%**

**60%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****34%**

**19%

Television ****16%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**28%

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 Malkot?

■ Malkot · ■ Karandighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.8%**

**53.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****931**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****875**

**943

Working population ****35.9%**

**40.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 54.6% for women. 53% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 139 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 248 (39%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 88 (14%) · **■** Marginal 161 (25%)

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 Karandighi

- Kaderganj1,881 people
- Chhota Pataul1,880 people
- Bardahi1,839 people
- Bhagdoarin1,796 people
- Purba Goalgaon1,707 people
- Bhopla1,683 people
- Bihanagar1,679 people
- Duaran1,666 people

[All 203 villages in Karandighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/karandighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Malkot?1,784 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Malkot in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Karandighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Malkot?65.8% (Census 2011)