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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Khanta

Khanta is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **587 people in 133 households**, the 168th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 587people (2011)
- 133households
- 50.8%literacy
- 1,104females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Khanta

Of every 100 households in Khanta in 2011, 0 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Khanta · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****81%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**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 Khanta?

■ Khanta · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.8%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1104**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1188**

**979

Working population ****52.3%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.9% for men and 40.6% for women. 63% of men and 42% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 131 (43%) · **■** Farm labourers 60 (20%) · **■** Other work 12 (4%) · **■** Marginal 104 (34%)

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

- Chaksundar603 people
- Bardanga595 people
- Sanbandha589 people
- Mahinagar588 people
- Idam585 people
- Dogachhi576 people
- Milikpur572 people
- Bijalbari570 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Khanta?587 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Khanta in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Khanta?50.8% (Census 2011)