# Majhok Village, Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Goalpokhar - I, Uttar Dinajpur 

# Majhok

Majhok is a village in Goalpokhar - I sub-district of Uttar Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,709 people in 862 households**, the 14th largest of 144 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 50.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 41.8%.

- 4,709people (2011)
- 862households
- 50.2%literacy
- 871females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Majhok

Of every 100 households in Majhok in 2011, 37 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Majhok · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****12%**

**12%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**1%

Drinking water within premises ****41%**

**37%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****71%**

**91%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****9%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****19%**

**35%

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 Majhok?

■ Majhok · ■ Goalpokhar - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****50.2%**

**41.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****871**

**919

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****828**

**950

Working population ****26.4%**

**31.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 57.6% for men and 41.8% for women. 46% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 343 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 515 (41%) · **■** Household industry 16 (1%) · **■** Other work 298 (24%) · **■** Marginal 71 (6%)

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 Goalpokhar - I

- Khargar5,422 people
- Teliapokhar5,362 people
- Churakuti5,257 people
- Dharampur5,255 people
- Goalpokhar4,500 people
- Raypur4,433 people
- Agoi4,308 people
- Angarbhasa4,208 people

[All 152 villages in Goalpokhar - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/uttar-dinajpur/goalpokhar-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Majhok?4,709 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Majhok in?Uttar Dinajpur district (Goalpokhar - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Majhok?50.2% (Census 2011)