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Malcha Population - Maldah, West Bengal

Malcha is a large village located in Chanchal - I Block of Maldah district, West Bengal with total 738 families residing. The Malcha village has population of 3073 of which 1549 are males while 1524 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malcha village population of children with age 0-6 is 387 which makes up 12.59 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malcha village is 984 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Malcha as per census is 1016, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Malcha village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Malcha village was 66.79 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Malcha Male literacy stands at 70.23 % while female literacy rate was 63.28 %.

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

Malcha Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 738 - -
Population 3,073 1,549 1,524
Child (0-6) 387 192 195
Schedule Caste 481 239 242
Schedule Tribe 0 0 0
Literacy 66.79 % 70.23 % 63.28 %
Total Workers 1,148 957 191
Main Worker 838 - -
Marginal Worker 310 183 127

Caste Factor

Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 15.65 % of total population in Malcha village. The village Malcha currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Malcha village out of total population, 1148 were engaged in work activities. 73.00 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 27.00 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 1148 workers engaged in Main Work, 271 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 457 were Agricultural labourer.