# Altor Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Altor

Altor is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **985 people in 224 households**, the 107th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 61.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 985people (2011)
- 224households
- 61.5%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Altor

Of every 100 households in Altor in 2011, 54 had electricity, 36 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 52 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Altor · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****54%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****36%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****64%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****24%**

**33%

Television ****30%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****52%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Altor?

■ Altor · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****61.5%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****656**

**979

Working population ****52.9%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.7% for men and 54.2% for women. 59% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 106 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 136 (26%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 26 (5%) · **■** Marginal 247 (47%)

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 Gazole

- Banshthupi1,029 people
- Puria1,023 people
- Kadamtali1,018 people
- Kastor989 people
- Gobindapur977 people
- Maheshpur972 people
- Bagsarai971 people
- Khord Deotala968 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Altor?985 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Altor in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Altor?61.5% (Census 2011)