# Gadai Maharajpur Village, Ratua - I, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Ratua - I, Maldah 

# Gadai Maharajpur

Gadai Maharajpur is a village in Ratua - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **15,023 people in 3,144 households**, the 2nd largest of 95 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 53.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 60.1%.

- 15,023people (2011)
- 3,144households
- 53.0%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gadai Maharajpur

Of every 100 households in Gadai Maharajpur in 2011, 17 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gadai Maharajpur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****17%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**17%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**33%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**89%

Use banking services ****25%**

**24%

Television ****4%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****37%**

**38%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gadai Maharajpur?

■ Gadai Maharajpur · ■ Ratua - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****53.0%**

**60.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****894**

**959

Working population ****36.8%**

**32.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 60.1% for men and 45.5% for women. 49% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 1,385 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 941 (17%) · **■** Household industry 138 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,016 (18%) · **■** Marginal 2,049 (37%)

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 Ratua - I

- Bhado17,190 people
- Balupur10,808 people
- Maniknagar8,877 people
- Rukundipur7,260 people
- Kamalpur6,802 people

[All 101 villages in Ratua - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/ratua-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gadai Maharajpur?15,023 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gadai Maharajpur in?Maldah district (Ratua - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gadai Maharajpur?53.0% (Census 2011)