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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Shilnagara

Shilnagara is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **920 people in 160 households**, the 115th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 34.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 920people (2011)
- 160households
- 34.3%literacy
- 1,013females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Shilnagara

Of every 100 households in Shilnagara in 2011, 4 had electricity, 1 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 5 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Shilnagara · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****4%**

**21%

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

**24%

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

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

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

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****10%**

**33%

Television ****0%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****5%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****85%**

**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 Shilnagara?

■ Shilnagara · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****34.3%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1013**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1154**

**979

Working population ****32.8%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 44.0% for men and 24.3% for women. 48% of men and 18% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 29 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 211 (70%) · **■** Other work 3 (1%) · **■** Marginal 59 (20%)

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

- Khord Deotala968 people
- Madhail968 people
- Khalamba962 people
- Shekhpara931 people
- Purbba Kasba913 people
- Jotbhairab907 people
- Adhna893 people
- Arjunpur866 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Shilnagara?920 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Shilnagara in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Shilnagara?34.3% (Census 2011)