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Maldi Population - Puruliya, West Bengal

Maldi is a medium size village located in Balarampur Block of Puruliya district, West Bengal with total 251 families residing. The Maldi village has population of 1327 of which 670 are males while 657 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Maldi village population of children with age 0-6 is 186 which makes up 14.02 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Maldi village is 981 which is higher than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Maldi as per census is 1268, higher than West Bengal average of 956.

Maldi village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Maldi village was 65.99 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Maldi Male literacy stands at 78.57 % while female literacy rate was 52.62 %.

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

Maldi Data

Particulars Total Male Female
Total No. of Houses 251 - -
Population 1,327 670 657
Child (0-6) 186 82 104
Schedule Caste 41 21 20
Schedule Tribe 72 39 33
Literacy 65.99 % 78.57 % 52.62 %
Total Workers 756 430 326
Main Worker 115 - -
Marginal Worker 641 353 288

Caste Factor

Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 5.43 % while Schedule Caste (SC) were 3.09 % of total population in Maldi village.

Work Profile

In Maldi village out of total population, 756 were engaged in work activities. 15.21 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 84.79 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 756 workers engaged in Main Work, 9 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 23 were Agricultural labourer.