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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Gajol

Gajol is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,626 people in 1,098 households**, the 12th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 4,626people (2011)
- 1,098households
- 84.7%literacy
- 994females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajol

Of every 100 households in Gajol in 2011, 81 had electricity, 92 a toilet at home and 26 cooked with LPG; 66 had a mobile phone, 16 a two-wheeler and 7 a car.

■ Gajol · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****92%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****7%**

**75%

Tap water ****71%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****19%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****26%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****67%**

**93%

Use banking services ****56%**

**33%

Television ****65%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****66%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****16%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****7%**

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**33%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Gajol?

■ Gajol · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.7%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****994**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1113**

**979

Working population ****37.0%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 89.7% for men and 79.7% for women. 56% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 93 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 102 (6%) · **■** Household industry 100 (6%) · **■** Other work 1,216 (71%) · **■** Marginal 202 (12%)

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

- Deotala4,916 people
- Alinagar4,895 people
- Raniganj4,880 people
- Barijpur4,652 people
- Saidpur4,561 people
- Duba Khoksan4,475 people
- Saharol4,365 people
- Garail4,251 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajol?4,626 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajol in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gajol?84.7% (Census 2011)