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

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/taherkhani/

Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Taherkhani

Taherkhani is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **644 people in 139 households**, the 159th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 38.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 644people (2011)
- 139households
- 38.4%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Taherkhani

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

■ Taherkhani · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****0%**

**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 ****1%**

**33%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****0%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****77%**

**33%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Taherkhani?

■ Taherkhani · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****38.4%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****953**

**979

Working population ****44.7%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 42.8% for men and 33.9% for women. 57% of men and 32% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 76 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 18 (6%) · **■** Household industry 6 (2%) · **■** Other work 16 (6%) · **■** Marginal 172 (60%)

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

- Bartali656 people
- Karkach651 people
- Telihar648 people
- Sekhpura647 people
- Chhota Kandar639 people
- Kharnuna637 people
- Raybag628 people
- Malancha617 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Taherkhani?644 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Taherkhani in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Taherkhani?38.4% (Census 2011)