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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Machhimpur

Machhimpur is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **488 people in 113 households**, the 190th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 488people (2011)
- 113households
- 70.2%literacy
- 921females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Machhimpur

Of every 100 households in Machhimpur in 2011, 0 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Machhimpur · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****26%**

**33%

Television ****10%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****42%**

**33%

Own their home ****84%**

**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 Machhimpur?

■ Machhimpur · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.2%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****921**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****833**

**979

Working population ****34.4%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 69.6% for men and 70.8% for women. 59% of men and 8% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 74 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (29%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 42 (25%)

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

- Digra501 people
- Jharsabail500 people
- Chandpur490 people
- Hosenpur488 people
- Baje Karanja480 people
- Ichahar476 people
- Sardarpur474 people
- Methrani473 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Machhimpur?488 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Machhimpur in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Machhimpur?70.2% (Census 2011)