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Malaya Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Malaya is a medium size village located in Patharpratima Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 378 families residing. The Malaya village has population of 1921 of which 1014 are males while 907 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malaya village population of children with age 0-6 is 222 which makes up 11.56 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malaya village is 894 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Malaya as per census is 1000, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Malaya village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Malaya village was 81.17 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Malaya Male literacy stands at 89.37 % while female literacy rate was 71.86 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Malaya village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Malaya village.

Malaya Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 378 - -
Population 1,921 1,014 907
Child (0-6) 222 111 111
Schedule Caste 1,579 833 746
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 81.17 % 89.37 % 71.86 %
Total Workers 729 578 151
Main Worker 362 - -
Marginal Worker 367 264 103

Caste Factor

In Malaya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 82.20 % of total population in Malaya village. The village Malaya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Malaya village out of total population, 729 were engaged in work activities. 49.66 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 50.34 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 729 workers engaged in Main Work, 122 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 96 were Agricultural labourer.