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Maligaon Population - Dakshin Dinajpur, West Bengal

Maligaon is a medium size village located in Kushmundi Block of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal with total 329 families residing. The Maligaon village has population of 1472 of which 743 are males while 729 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maligaon village population of children with age 0-6 is 225 which makes up 15.29 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maligaon village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maligaon as per census is 923, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Maligaon village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maligaon village was 57.02 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maligaon Male literacy stands at 64.54 % while female literacy rate was 49.44 %.

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

Maligaon Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 329 - -
Population 1,472 743 729
Child (0-6) 225 117 108
Schedule Caste 144 76 68
Schedule Tribe 684 339 345
Literacy 57.02 % 64.54 % 49.44 %
Total Workers 639 395 244
Main Worker 635 - -
Marginal Worker 4 2 2

Caste Factor

In Maligaon village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 46.47 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 9.78 % of total population in Maligaon village.

Work Profile

In Maligaon village out of total population, 639 were engaged in work activities. 99.37 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 0.63 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 639 workers engaged in Main Work, 84 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 537 were Agricultural labourer.