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

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Updel

Updel is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **743 people in 167 households**, the 140th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.6%, below the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 743people (2011)
- 167households
- 51.6%literacy
- 900females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Updel

Of every 100 households in Updel in 2011, 10 had electricity, 11 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Updel · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****10%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****11%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****89%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**12%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****15%**

**33%

Television ****8%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Updel?

■ Updel · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.6%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****900**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****654**

**979

Working population ****45.9%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.8% for men and 41.8% for women. 60% of men and 30% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (34%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (18%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 15 (4%) · **■** Marginal 144 (42%)

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

- Rajnagar762 people
- Bajesahil756 people
- Bahadurpur750 people
- Kail743 people
- Rangamati742 people
- Paschim Binodpur741 people
- Paschim Kasba741 people
- Behargaon721 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Updel?743 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Updel in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Updel?51.6% (Census 2011)