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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Dahil

Dahil is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,816 people in 354 households**, the 49th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 36.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,816people (2011)
- 354households
- 36.6%literacy
- 1,018females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Dahil

Of every 100 households in Dahil in 2011, 9 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Dahil · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****9%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****22%**

**33%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****45%**

**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 Dahil?

■ Dahil · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****36.6%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1018**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1116**

**979

Working population ****39.6%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 43.5% for men and 29.6% for women. 53% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 94 (13%) · **■** Farm labourers 198 (28%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 172 (24%) · **■** Marginal 255 (35%)

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

- Khordahil1,977 people
- Fatepur1,964 people
- Pandua1,911 people
- Mahil1,887 people
- Mahishal1,806 people
- Dilalbati1,798 people
- Shyamnagar1,793 people
- Mahanagar1,786 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Dahil?1,816 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Dahil in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Dahil?36.6% (Census 2011)