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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Sekhpura

Sekhpura is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **647 people in 160 households**, the 158th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 52.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 647people (2011)
- 160households
- 52.2%literacy
- 1,054females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Sekhpura

Of every 100 households in Sekhpura in 2011, 2 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 19 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Sekhpura · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****2%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****1%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****99%**

**75%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****31%**

**12%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**93%

Use banking services ****0%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****19%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Sekhpura?

■ Sekhpura · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****52.2%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1054**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1577**

**979

Working population ****48.8%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 61.6% for men and 43.0% for women. 60% of men and 38% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 49 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 209 (66%) · **■** Other work 18 (6%) · **■** Marginal 40 (13%)

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

- Purba Sundarpur657 people
- Bartali656 people
- Karkach651 people
- Telihar648 people
- Taherkhani644 people
- Chhota Kandar639 people
- Kharnuna637 people
- Raybag628 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Sekhpura?647 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Sekhpura in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Sekhpura?52.2% (Census 2011)