Maldah District Population, West Bengal - Census India 2011

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 846,991 households, population of 3,988,845 of which 2,051,541 are males and 1,937,304 are females. The population of children between age 0-6 is 609,040 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

DescriptionPopulationPercentage
Total3,988,845100%
Muslim2,045,15151.27%
Hindu1,914,35247.99%
Christian13,2090.33%
Other religions and persuasions7,9290.2%
Religion not stated6,4590.16%
Sikh7470.02%
Jain6390.02%
Buddhist3590.01%

Maldah Urban & Rural Population

Out of total population, 50% of population lives in Urban area and 60% lives in Rural area
DescriptionUrbanRural
Area(sq.km)863,647
Number of households112,784734,207
Total Population541,6603,447,185
Population (%)52.28%48.7%
Male Population283,2051,768,336
Female Population258,4551,678,849
Sex Ratio913949
Literacy (%)65.49%50.23%

List of Taluks in Maldah

Check out complete list of all Taluks of Maldah district, West Bengal
TalukPopulationArea (km2)Pop. DensitySex-ratio
Kaliachak - I392,5171133486958
Kaliachak - III359,0712301558949
Gazole343,830538639970
Ratua - I275,3882531090937
English Bazar274,6272481109949
Manikchak269,813348775933
Harischandrapur - II251,3452251115928
Habibpur210,699405520974
Kaliachak - II210,1051721223954
Chanchal - II205,333215954949
Chanchal - I204,7401711197950
Ratua - II202,0801731168963
Harischandrapur - I199,4931791117933
Maldah (Old)156,365230681952
Bamangola143,906210684943

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Maldah Population Facts

Number of Households846,991
Population3,988,845
Male Population2,051,541 (51.43%)
Female Population1,937,304 (48.57%)
Children Population609,040
Area3,733 km2
Population density/km21,069
Sex-ratio944
Literacy52.31%
Male Literacy56.15%
Female Literacy48.23%
Scheduled Tribes (ST) %7.87%
Scheduled Caste (SC) %20.94%

Map of Maldah , West Bengal