# Ratul, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Ratul

Ratul 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 **2,374 people in 481 households**, the 31st largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 49.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 2,374people (2011)
- 481households
- 49.7%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ratul

Of every 100 households in Ratul in 2011, 1 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ratul · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****1%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**75%

Tap water ****9%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****29%**

**33%

Television ****1%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****57%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ratul?

■ Ratul · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****49.7%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1031**

**979

Working population ****41.8%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.4% for men and 40.4% for women. 52% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 275 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 209 (21%) · **■** Household industry 29 (3%) · **■** Other work 69 (7%) · **■** Marginal 411 (41%)

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

- Batijora2,659 people
- Arazi Mishrabati2,627 people
- Kadubari2,490 people
- Mahakal Bona2,396 people
- Paladanga2,333 people
- Haridas2,328 people
- Muriya Kunda2,278 people
- Purba Mallikpur2,263 people

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

## Other places named Ratul

- Ratul · Village, Narala, Kalahandi · 718 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ratul?2,374 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ratul in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ratul?49.7% (Census 2011)