Maldah
Maldah district profile
Maldah is one of the districts covered by PACS in West Bengal. The district, the southernmost of the north Bengal districts, falls within Jalpaiguri division. It is bordered by Bangladesh and South Dinajpur in the east, Santhal Parganas of Jharkhand in the west, Uttar Dinajpur in the north, and Murshidabad in the south.
The district has two sub-divisions: Sadar and Chanchal. English Bazar is the district headquarters.
Old Maldah, a town just east of the confluence of the Mahananda and Kalindi rivers, is part of the English Bazar urban agglomeration.
Around 16% of the population belongs to the scheduled castes. Muslims constitute around half the population of the district and form the largest religious group.
| No | Indicator | Data |
| 1 | Population | |
| Persons | 3,290,468 | |
| Male | 1,689,406 | |
| Female | 1,601,062 | |
| Children (0 to 4 years) | 429,488 | |
| Decadal growth (1991-2001) | 24.77% | |
| Rural | 3,049,528 (92.68%) | |
| Urban | 240,940 (7.32%) | |
| Sex ratio (females per 1,000 males) | 948 | |
| Household size (per household) | 5 | |
| SC population | 554,165 (16.84%) | |
| ST population | 227,047 (6.90%) | |
| 2 | Literacy rate | |
| Persons | 50.28 | |
| Male | 58.80 | |
| Female | 41.25 | |
| 3 | Religious groups (largest three) | |
| Muslims | 1,636,171 | |
| Hindus | 1,621,468 | |
| Others | 22,350 | |
| 4 | Important towns (largest three) | |
| English Bazar | 161,456 | |
| Old Maldah | 62,959 | |
| Kendua | 5,773 | |
| 5 | Amenities in villages | |
| Total inhabited villages | 1,642 | |
| Villages with: | ||
| Safe drinking water | 1,637 | |
| Electricity (domestic) | 922 | |
| Primary schools | 1,144 | |
| Medical facility | 794 | |
| Paved approach road | 591 | |
| 6 | Health | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least three or more antenatal checkups | 58.4% | |
| Pregnant women* who received at least one TT injection | 94.0% | |
| Women* who had institutional delivery | 28.5% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who were fully immunised** | 68.8% | |
| Children aged 12-23 months who received at least one dose of Vitamin A | 75.4% | |
| 7 | Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme | |
| Households issued job cards# | 577,432 | |
| Cumulative person days employment generated# | 668,038 | |
| Households completed 100 days employment# | 42 | |
Sources:
*Women aged 15-49 who had their last live/still birth after December 31, 2003
** BCG, three injections of DPT, three doses of polio (excluding Polio 0) and measles
# As on September 3, 2010
Indicator groups 1-5: Census of India 2001 http://censusindia.gov.in/Dist_File/datasheet-1906.pdf
Indicator group 6: Tables 4.6, 4.9 and 5.7 in District Level Household and Facility Survey (DLHS-3), 2007-08: India. West Bengal. International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, 2010; funded by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) and United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Indicator group 7: State-wise NREGA Implementation Status Report in http://nrega.nic.in viewed September 3, 2010
