Maldah is one of district of West Bengal in India. There are 16 Taluks, 1,772 villages and 29 towns in Maldah district.
As per the Census India 2011, Maldah district has 8,46,991 households, population of 39,88,845 of which 20,51,541 are males and 19,37,304 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 6,09,040 which is 15.27% of total population.
The sex-ratio of Maldah district is around
944 compared to
950 which is average of West Bengal state. The literacy rate of Maldah district is 52.31% out of which 56.15% males are literate and 48.23% females are literate. The total area of Maldah is 3,733 sq.km with population density of 1,069 per sq.km.
Out of total population, 86.42% of population lives in Urban area and 13.58% lives in Rural area. There are 20.94% Scheduled Caste (SC) and 7.87% Scheduled Tribe (ST) of total population in Maldah district.
Maldah Religion Population
| Description | Population | Percentage |
|---|
| Total | 39,88,845 | 100% |
| Muslim | 20,45,151 | 51.27% |
| Hindu | 19,14,352 | 47.99% |
| Christian | 13,209 | 0.33% |
| Other religions and persuasions | 7,929 | 0.2% |
| Religion not stated | 6,459 | 0.16% |
| Sikh | 747 | 0.02% |
| Jain | 639 | 0.02% |
| Buddhist | 359 | 0.01% |
Maldah Urban & Rural Population
Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
| Description | Urban | Rural |
|---|
| Area(sq.km) | 86.09 | 3,646.91 |
| Number of households | 1,12,784 | 7,34,207 |
| Total Population | 5,41,660 | 34,47,185 |
| Population (%) | 52.28% | 48.7% |
| Male Population | 2,83,205 | 17,68,336 |
| Female Population | 2,58,455 | 16,78,849 |
| Sex Ratio | 913 | 949 |
| Literacy (%) | 65.49% | 50.23% |
List of Taluks in Maldah
Check out complete list of all Taluks of Maldah district, West Bengal
| Taluk | Population | Area (km2) | Pop. Density | Sex-ratio |
|---|
| Kaliachak - I | 3,92,517 | 112.61 | 3486 | 958 |
| Kaliachak - III | 3,59,071 | 230.48 | 1558 | 949 |
| Gazole | 3,43,830 | 538.29 | 639 | 970 |
| Ratua - I | 2,75,388 | 252.66 | 1090 | 937 |
| English Bazar | 2,74,627 | 247.70 | 1109 | 949 |
| Manikchak | 2,69,813 | 347.99 | 775 | 933 |
| Harischandrapur - II | 2,51,345 | 225.34 | 1115 | 928 |
| Habibpur | 2,10,699 | 405.44 | 520 | 974 |
| Kaliachak - II | 2,10,105 | 171.77 | 1223 | 954 |
| Chanchal - II | 2,05,333 | 215.13 | 954 | 949 |
| Chanchal - I | 2,04,740 | 171.03 | 1197 | 950 |
| Ratua - II | 2,02,080 | 173.04 | 1168 | 963 |
| Harischandrapur - I | 1,99,493 | 178.57 | 1117 | 933 |
| Maldah (Old) | 1,56,365 | 229.73 | 681 | 952 |
| Bamangola | 1,43,906 | 210.29 | 684 | 943 |
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