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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Atghara

Atghara is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,261 people in 284 households**, the 77th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,261people (2011)
- 284households
- 67.9%literacy
- 1,040females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Atghara

Of every 100 households in Atghara in 2011, 24 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Atghara · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****59%**

**33%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****35%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Atghara?

■ Atghara · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.9%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1040**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****899**

**979

Working population ****55.1%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 72.4% for men and 63.6% for women. 60% of men and 50% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 113 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 335 (48%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 52 (7%) · **■** Marginal 192 (28%)

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

- Purba Binodpur1,312 people
- Nijgram1,305 people
- Nalpur1,295 people
- Sahazadpur1,275 people
- Rasikpur1,261 people
- Bhadar1,251 people
- Sahil1,232 people
- Bolbari1,227 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Atghara?1,261 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Atghara in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Atghara?67.9% (Census 2011)