Maldah is one of 20 districts located in eastern Indian state West Bengal. There are total 15 blocks which comes under Maldah district, and there are total 1772 villages and 27 town areas which comes under this district.
As per Indian government records district code of Maldah district is 332 and number of houses in this district is 787645.
As per Census 2011, total population of this district is 3699312. Out of total 3699312, male population count is 1897297, where as female population count is 1802015 in Maldah.
According to the Indian Government population count of year 2011, this district has total 567072 children are in the age group of 0-6 years. In these 567072 children 289304 are boys and 277768 are girl child.
Literacy rate of Maldah district is 50%. 1880590 out of total 3699312 population is literate in this district.
Going in details, Male literacy rate in this district is 54% and 1041266 males are literate out of total 1897297 male population, where as female literacy rate is 53% and 839324 out of total 1802015 females are literate in this district.
Coming to dark side, illiteracy rate of Maldah district is 49%. 1818722 out of total 3699312 population is illiterate in this village. In details, Male illiteracy rate in this district is 45% and 856031 males are illiterate out of total 1897297 male population, where as female illiteracy rate is 53% and 962691 out of total 1802015 females are illiterate in this district.
Total working population of Maldah district is 1436898 and non-working population is 2262414 and out of 1436898 working population 218978 peoples are totally dependent on agriculture.
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