# Gabgachhi Village, English Bazar, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · English Bazar, Maldah 

# Gabgachhi

Gabgachhi is a village in English Bazar sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,806 people in 389 households**, the 39th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 63.3%.

- 1,806people (2011)
- 389households
- 74.6%literacy
- 985females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gabgachhi

Of every 100 households in Gabgachhi in 2011, 78 had electricity, 73 a toilet at home and 13 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gabgachhi · ■ English Bazar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****78%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****73%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****26%**

**60%

Tap water ****4%**

**16%

Drinking water within premises ****80%**

**42%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****13%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****73%**

**83%

Use banking services ****80%**

**39%

Television ****45%**

**22%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

None of these assets ****18%**

**31%

Own their home ****95%**

**96%

Source: [Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14)](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What is the population of Gabgachhi?

■ Gabgachhi · ■ English Bazar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.6%**

**63.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****985**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1228**

**972

Working population ****31.3%**

**35.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.0% for men and 69.0% for women. 49% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 20 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 112 (20%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 277 (49%) · **■** Marginal 147 (26%)

Source: [Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Other villages of similar size in English Bazar

- Naoda Bazar2,150 people
- Karmmanigram1,936 people
- Uttar Ramchandrapur1,934 people
- Kumarpur1,842 people
- Sadullapur1,784 people
- Tantipara1,718 people
- Balupur1,653 people
- Mobarakpur1,641 people

[All 132 villages in English Bazar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/english-bazar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gabgachhi?1,806 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gabgachhi in?Maldah district (English Bazar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gabgachhi?74.6% (Census 2011)