# Mahakal Bona, Gazole, Maldah – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Mahakal Bona

Mahakal Bona is a village in [Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/) sub-district of [Maldah](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **2,396 people in 479 households**, the 30th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 2,396people (2011)
- 479households
- 60.5%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahakal Bona

Of every 100 households in Mahakal Bona in 2011, 28 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 10 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahakal Bona · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****22%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**93%

Use banking services ****14%**

**33%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****10%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****66%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Mahakal Bona?

■ Mahakal Bona · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.5%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****978**

**979

Working population ****31.2%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.4% for men and 58.4% for women. 52% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 191 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 397 (53%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 138 (18%) · **■** Marginal 16 (2%)

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

- Babupur2,709 people
- Batijora2,659 people
- Arazi Mishrabati2,627 people
- Kadubari2,490 people
- Ratul2,374 people
- Paladanga2,333 people
- Haridas2,328 people
- Muriya Kunda2,278 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahakal Bona?2,396 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahakal Bona in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahakal Bona?60.5% (Census 2011)