# Moch Pol Village, Barasat - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barasat - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Moch Pol

Moch Pol is a village in Barasat - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,254 people in 520 households**, the 32nd largest of 70 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 80.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.3%.

- 2,254people (2011)
- 520households
- 80.5%literacy
- 886females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Moch Pol

Of every 100 households in Moch Pol in 2011, 80 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 8 cooked with LPG; 56 had a mobile phone, 11 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Moch Pol · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**62%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**82%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**15%

Tap water ****34%**

**15%

Drinking water within premises ****64%**

**53%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****8%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**78%

Use banking services ****82%**

**46%

Television ****38%**

**29%

Mobile phone ****56%**

**50%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****11%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****14%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**92%

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 Moch Pol?

■ Moch Pol · ■ Barasat - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****80.5%**

**79.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****886**

**942

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****984**

**940

Working population ****33.2%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.3% for men and 74.9% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 103 (14%) · **■** Farm labourers 104 (14%) · **■** Household industry 12 (2%) · **■** Other work 447 (60%) · **■** Marginal 82 (11%)

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 Barasat - I

- Kharki2,391 people
- Jaypur2,366 people
- Maliakur2,343 people
- Naksa2,301 people
- Kilishpur2,252 people
- Raghubirpur2,190 people
- Berunanpukhuria2,188 people
- Kalsara2,165 people

[All 70 villages in Barasat - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barasat-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Moch Pol?2,254 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Moch Pol in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barasat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Moch Pol?80.5% (Census 2011)