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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Mahishal

Mahishal is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,806 people in 366 households**, the 50th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,806people (2011)
- 366households
- 62.7%literacy
- 980females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Mahishal

Of every 100 households in Mahishal in 2011, 6 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Mahishal · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****50%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****34%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****47%**

**33%

Television ****6%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**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 Mahishal?

■ Mahishal · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.7%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****980**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****769**

**979

Working population ****54.4%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 70.1% for men and 55.4% for women. 62% of men and 47% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 323 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (8%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 43 (4%) · **■** Marginal 527 (54%)

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

- Fatepur1,964 people
- Pandua1,911 people
- Mahil1,887 people
- Dahil1,816 people
- Dilalbati1,798 people
- Shyamnagar1,793 people
- Mahanagar1,786 people
- Jigin1,720 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Mahishal?1,806 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Mahishal in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Mahishal?62.7% (Census 2011)