District Profile

MALDAH (332) West Bengal (19)

Administrative Setup
Number of Sub-Districts 16

Total Number of Towns 29 Total Number of Villages 1,771

Number of Statuary Towns 2 Number of Inhabited Villages 1,613
'Number of Census Towns 27 Number of Uninhabited Villages 158

No. of Households Household size

Total 8,46,991 Total 4.7
Rural 7,34,207 Rural 4.7
Urban 1,12,784 Urban 4.8

Population Population (0 - 6 years)

Persons 39,88,845 Persons 6,09,040
Males 20,51,541 Males 3,12,340
Females 19,37,304 Females 2,96,700
Sex Ratio 944 Proportion of population (0-6) (%) 15.3
Rural population 34,47,185 Rural population (0-6) 5,30,626
Urban population 5,41,660 Urban population (0-6) 78,414
Proportion of urban population (%) 13.6 Sex Ratio (0-6) 950

Population of Scheduled Castes Population of Scheduled Tribes

Persons 8,35,430 Persons 3,13,984
Males 4,32,744 Males 1,57,528
Females 4,02,686 Females 1,56,456
Proportion of SCs (%) 20.9 Proportion of STs (%) 7.9

Literates Literacy Rates (age 7+)

Persons 20,86,432 Persons 61.7
Males 11,52,019 Males 66.2
Females 9,34,413 Females 57.0

Economic Acticity Category of Workers

Number of workers : Cultivators 2,55,182
Persons 15,37,847 Agricultural labourers 5,45,759
Males 10,86,461 In household industries 1,96,687
Females 4,51,386 Other workers 5,40,219
Work participation rate (in %) 38.6 Cultivators (in %) 16.6
Number of main workers 10,50,995 Agricultural labourers (in %) 35.5
Number of marginal workers 4,86,852 In household industries (in %) 12.8
Number of non-workers 24,50,998 Other workers (in %) 35.1
Source : Primary Census Abstract, Census 2011