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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Sankhair

Sankhair is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **513 people in 126 households**, the 184th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 42.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 513people (2011)
- 126households
- 42.0%literacy
- 1,138females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sankhair

Of every 100 households in Sankhair in 2011, 29 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sankhair · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**21%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****5%**

**8%

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

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****7%**

**33%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****28%**

**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 Sankhair?

■ Sankhair · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****42.0%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1138**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1125**

**979

Working population ****29.4%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 48.6% for men and 36.2% for women. 55% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 2 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (89%) · **■** Other work 10 (7%) · **■** Marginal 5 (3%)

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

- Ranipur533 people
- Ekandar531 people
- Jibjalsar527 people
- Dakshin Maldanga523 people
- Hatinda512 people
- Digra501 people
- Jharsabail500 people
- Chandpur490 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sankhair?513 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sankhair in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sankhair?42.0% (Census 2011)