# Pahari Bhita Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Pahari Bhita

Pahari Bhita is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,124 people in 233 households**, the 93rd largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 1,124people (2011)
- 233households
- 52.0%literacy
- 1,040females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Pahari Bhita

Of every 100 households in Pahari Bhita in 2011, 12 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 5 a car.

■ Pahari Bhita · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****12%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****95%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****93%**

**93%

Use banking services ****54%**

**33%

Television ****5%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****5%**

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**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 Pahari Bhita?

■ Pahari Bhita · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.0%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1040**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1085**

**979

Working population ****47.3%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.3% for men and 44.0% for women. 55% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 199 (37%) · **■** Farm labourers 61 (11%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 44 (8%) · **■** Marginal 226 (42%)

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

- Kanat1,173 people
- Dangapara1,145 people
- Hatfateraj1,140 people
- Bil Kanchan1,129 people
- Singal1,108 people
- Purba Bilahora1,107 people
- Purbba Anantapur1,101 people
- Bachahar1,096 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Pahari Bhita?1,124 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Pahari Bhita in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Pahari Bhita?52.0% (Census 2011)