# Gazalia Village, Sandeshkhali - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Sandeshkhali - I, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gazalia

Gazalia is a village in Sandeshkhali - I sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,827 people in 690 households**, the 26th largest of 30 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 2,827people (2011)
- 690households
- 69.0%literacy
- 1,002females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gazalia

Of every 100 households in Gazalia in 2011, 11 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gazalia · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****11%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**64%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**31%

Tap water ****8%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**18%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****47%**

**32%

Television ****5%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**2%

None of these assets ****53%**

**48%

Own their home ****99%**

**97%

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 Gazalia?

■ Gazalia · ■ Sandeshkhali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.0%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1002**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1141**

**936

Working population ****41.4%**

**37.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.4% for men and 59.4% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 142 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 268 (23%) · **■** Household industry 23 (2%) · **■** Other work 164 (14%) · **■** Marginal 573 (49%)

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 Sandeshkhali - I

- Hatgachhi3,478 people
- Bholakhali2,993 people
- Petuadhanihati2,983 people
- Radhanagar2,859 people
- Raypur2,630 people
- Dheknamari2,385 people
- Bara Sehara2,113 people
- Putimari1,622 people

[All 30 villages in Sandeshkhali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/sandeshkhali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gazalia?2,827 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gazalia in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Sandeshkhali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gazalia?69.0% (Census 2011)