Malaya Population - South Twenty Four Parganas, West Bengal

Malaya is a large village located in Magrahat - I Block of South Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal with total 548 families residing. The Malaya village has population of 2557 of which 1347 are males while 1210 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Malaya village population of children with age 0-6 is 317 which makes up 12.40 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Malaya village is 898 which is lower than West Bengal state average of 950. Child Sex Ratio for the Malaya as per census is 771, lower than West Bengal average of 956.

Malaya village has lower literacy rate compared to West Bengal. In 2011, literacy rate of Malaya village was 75.71 % compared to 76.26 % of West Bengal. In Malaya Male literacy stands at 81.25 % while female literacy rate was 69.68 %.

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

Malaya Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	548	-	-
Population	2,557	1,347	1,210
Child (0-6)	317	179	138
Schedule Caste	932	501	431
Schedule Tribe	0	0	0
Literacy	75.71 %	81.25 %	69.68 %
Total Workers	808	749	59
Main Worker	420	-	-
Marginal Worker	388	362	26

Caste Factor

In Malaya village, most of the villagers are from Schedule Caste (SC). Schedule Caste (SC) constitutes 36.45 % of total population in Malaya village. The village Malaya currently doesn’t have any Schedule Tribe (ST) population.

Work Profile

In Malaya village out of total population, 808 were engaged in work activities. 51.98 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 48.02 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 808 workers engaged in Main Work, 8 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 168 were Agricultural labourer.