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Malahar Population - Darjiling, West Bengal

Malahar is a medium size village located in Matigara Block of Darjiling district, West Bengal with total 71 families residing. The Malahar village has population of 376 of which 192 are males while 184 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malahar village population of children with age 0-6 is 52 which makes up 13.83 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malahar village is 958 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Malahar as per census is 793, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Malahar village has higher literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Malahar village was 80.86 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Malahar Male literacy stands at 90.18 % while female literacy rate was 71.43 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Malahar 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 Malahar village.

Malahar Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 71 - -
Population 376 192 184
Child (0-6) 52 29 23
Schedule Caste 0 0 0
Schedule Tribe 62 36 26
Literacy 80.86 % 90.18 % 71.43 %
Total Workers 110 81 29
Main Worker 84 - -
Marginal Worker 26 18 8

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 16.49 % of total population in Malahar village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Malahar village of Darjiling.

Work Profile

In Malahar village out of total population, 110 were engaged in work activities. 76.36 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 23.64 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 110 workers engaged in Main Work, 0 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 7 were Agricultural labourer.