# Bil Kanchan Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Bil Kanchan

Bil Kanchan is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,129 people in 226 households**, the 92nd largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,129people (2011)
- 226households
- 65.2%literacy
- 863females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Bil Kanchan

Of every 100 households in Bil Kanchan in 2011, 5 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Bil Kanchan · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****5%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**75%

Tap water ****56%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****28%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**33%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Bil Kanchan?

■ Bil Kanchan · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.2%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****863**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**979

Working population ****59.0%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.8% for men and 52.8% for women. 60% of men and 58% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 217 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 98 (15%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 344 (52%)

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

- Ahil1,180 people
- Kanat1,173 people
- Dangapara1,145 people
- Hatfateraj1,140 people
- Pahari Bhita1,124 people
- Singal1,108 people
- Purba Bilahora1,107 people
- Purbba Anantapur1,101 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Bil Kanchan?1,129 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Bil Kanchan in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Bil Kanchan?65.2% (Census 2011)