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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Doas

Doas is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,643 people in 377 households**, the 61st largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 54.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,643people (2011)
- 377households
- 54.2%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Doas

Of every 100 households in Doas in 2011, 0 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Doas · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**33%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****52%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Doas?

■ Doas · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****54.2%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****841**

**979

Working population ****54.3%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.8% for men and 50.6% for women. 56% of men and 53% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 270 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 97 (11%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 24 (3%) · **■** Marginal 499 (56%)

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

- Bujruk Bandhail1,674 people
- Lakshmipur1,669 people
- Goalnagra1,661 people
- Musidhap1,656 people
- Durgapur1,624 people
- Khod Malancha1,585 people
- Chhilimpur1,516 people
- Dalilpur1,507 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Doas?1,643 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Doas in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Doas?54.2% (Census 2011)