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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Mahil

Mahil is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,887 people in 437 households**, the 48th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,887people (2011)
- 437households
- 72.1%literacy
- 966females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahil

Of every 100 households in Mahil in 2011, 15 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Mahil · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**33%

Television ****14%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****25%**

**33%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Mahil?

■ Mahil · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.1%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****966**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1160**

**979

Working population ****51.0%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.8% for men and 64.9% for women. 62% of men and 39% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 191 (20%) · **■** Farm labourers 189 (20%) · **■** Household industry 12 (1%) · **■** Other work 290 (30%) · **■** Marginal 280 (29%)

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

- Salbana1,994 people
- Khordahil1,977 people
- Fatepur1,964 people
- Pandua1,911 people
- Dahil1,816 people
- Mahishal1,806 people
- Dilalbati1,798 people
- Shyamnagar1,793 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahil?1,887 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahil in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahil?72.1% (Census 2011)