District of West Bengal

Maldah: 39.9 lakh people, one story

People
39,88,845
Area
3,733 km²
Literacy
61.73%
Sex ratio
944
Top 3 in West BengalHousehold industry workers: 12.8 % of workers. Rank 3 of 19 districts.See the numbers →Lowest in West BengalLiteracy rate: 61.73%. Rank 18 of 19.See the numbers →Big number39.9 lakh people lived here in 2011, packed 1,069 to every km².See the numbers →

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MaldahWest Bengal

The history, places and schemes of Maldah are being written. Everything below comes from Census 2011, so it is already exam-ready.

Maldah in 8 numbers

Census 2011 · rank among the state's districts

Population39.9 lakh#11/19 in West Bengal
Area3,733 km²#12/19 in West Bengal
Population density1,069 per km²#9/19 in West Bengal▲ state 1,028
Sex ratio944 females per 1000 males#14/19 in West Bengal▼ state 950
Child sex ratio (0–6)950 girls per 1000 boys#15/19 in West Bengal▼ state 956
Literacy rate61.73%#18/19 in West Bengal▼ state 76.26
Female literacy56.96%#17/19 in West Bengal▼ state 70.54
Urban population13.6%#12/19 in West Bengal▼ state 31.9

People & society

61.7% can read. 944 women for every 1000 men.

Society in numbers (%)

DistrictState
Male literacy
66.281.7
Female literacy
57.070.5
Scheduled Castes
20.923.5
Scheduled Tribes
7.95.8
Living in towns
13.631.9

Gender literacy gap: 9.3 percentage points

People by religion

  • Hindu 48.0%
  • Muslim 51.3%
  • Christian 0.3%
  • Other / not stated 0.4%

    Sectors at a glance

    52 of every 100 workers live off the land

    How people earn a living

    15.4 lakh workers, 38.6% of all people

    This district
    West Bengal
    • Cultivators 16.6%
    • Farm labourers 35.5%
    • Household industry 12.8%
    • Other (industry, services, construction, trade) 35.1%

      Schemes & development

      Only 31% of homes had electricity in 2011. Here is what changed.

      What homes had in 2011 (% of households)

      DistrictState
      Electricity
      31.043.1
      Latrine at home
      27.846.6
      Tap water
      13.520.1
      LPG / PNG
      5.714.2
      Phone
      30.939.0
      Television
      14.928.0
      Bicycle
      41.945.3
      Two-wheeler
      4.36.7

      This is the 2011 baseline. Schemes like Saubhagya, Ujjwala, Swachh Bharat and Har Ghar Jal came to close exactly these gaps.

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        Districts are shown with their 2011 Census boundaries.