# Raykhandighi Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Raykhandighi

Raykhandighi is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,856 people in 614 households**, the 24th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.6%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 2,856people (2011)
- 614households
- 60.6%literacy
- 986females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Raykhandighi

Of every 100 households in Raykhandighi in 2011, 14 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 28 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Raykhandighi · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****11%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**93%

Use banking services ****68%**

**33%

Television ****2%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****28%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**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 Raykhandighi?

■ Raykhandighi · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.6%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****986**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****912**

**979

Working population ****35.4%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 66.3% for men and 55.0% for women. 55% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 348 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 432 (43%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 144 (14%) · **■** Marginal 87 (9%)

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

- Kismat Sultanpur3,409 people
- Mayna3,273 people
- Emamnagar3,094 people
- Krishnapur2,955 people
- Akalpur2,728 people
- Babupur2,709 people
- Batijora2,659 people
- Arazi Mishrabati2,627 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Raykhandighi?2,856 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Raykhandighi in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Raykhandighi?60.6% (Census 2011)