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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Matail

Matail is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,693 people in 435 households**, the 56th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,693people (2011)
- 435households
- 50.6%literacy
- 1,122females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Matail

Of every 100 households in Matail in 2011, 26 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 30 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Matail · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****25%**

**33%

Television ****11%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****30%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****31%**

**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 Matail?

■ Matail · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.6%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1122**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1150**

**979

Working population ****36.4%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.9% for men and 40.5% for women. 54% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 172 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 299 (48%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 77 (12%) · **■** Marginal 65 (11%)

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

- Shyamnagar1,793 people
- Mahanagar1,786 people
- Jigin1,720 people
- Saluka1,694 people
- Bujruk Bandhail1,674 people
- Lakshmipur1,669 people
- Goalnagra1,661 people
- Musidhap1,656 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Matail?1,693 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Matail in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Matail?50.6% (Census 2011)