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'''Gazole''' (also spelled as Gajol) is a municipality in [[Malda district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/west-bengal-to-have-22-new-municipalities/844153|title=West Bengal to Have 22 New Municipalities|website=Outlook (India)|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/west-bengal-to-have-22-new-municipalities/article23124767.ece|title=West Bengal to have 22 new municipalities|last=PTI|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=2020-03-20}}</ref> Gazole police station serves this city. The headquarters of [[Gazole (community development block)]] block is Gazole.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbprd.gov.in/html/asp/bdo_contact.asp?cd=DM |title = Contact details of Block Development Officers |work = Malda district |publisher = West Bengal Government |accessdate = 12 September 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721164531/http://wbprd.gov.in/html/asp/bdo_contact.asp?cd=DM |archive-date = 21 July 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="Census2011Gov"/>
'''Gazole''' (also spelled as Gajol) is a town in [[Malda district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.outlookindia.com/newswire/story/west-bengal-to-have-22-new-municipalities/844153|title=West Bengal to Have 22 New Municipalities|website=Outlook (India)|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.thehindubusinessline.com/news/national/west-bengal-to-have-22-new-municipalities/article23124767.ece|title=West Bengal to have 22 new municipalities|last=PTI|website=@businessline|language=en|access-date=20 March 2020}}</ref> Gazole police station serves this city. The headquarters of [[Gazole (community development block)]] block is Gazole.<ref>{{cite web |url = http://wbprd.gov.in/html/asp/bdo_contact.asp?cd=DM |title = Contact details of Block Development Officers |work = Malda district |publisher = West Bengal Government |accessdate = 12 September 2017 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110721164531/http://wbprd.gov.in/html/asp/bdo_contact.asp?cd=DM |archive-date = 21 July 2011 |url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="Census2011Gov"/>


==Geography==
==Geography==
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===Area overview===
===Area overview===
The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the ''[[Barind Tract|Barind]]'' in the east and the ''tal'' in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are “hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron.” It lies to the east of the [[Mahananda River]]. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the ''tal'', is a flat low land and “is strewn with innumerable marshes, [[Beel|bils]] and [[oxbow lake]]s.” The ''tal'' area is prone to flooding by local rivers.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1906_PART_A_DCHB_MALDAH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Census of India 2011, Pages 13-15: Physiography |publisher=  Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | accessdate = 9 November 2018}}</ref>The total area is overwhelmingly [[Rural area#India|rural]].<ref>{{cite web  |url =  http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda|work= Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal  |accessdate = 9 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India  | accessdate = 9 November 2018}}</ref>There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – [[Pandua, Malda|Pandua]] and [[Jagjivanpur]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1906_PART_A_DCHB_MALDAH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Census of India 2011, Page 98: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District |publisher=  Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | accessdate = 9 November 2018}}</ref>
The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the ''[[Barind Tract|Barind]]'' in the east and the ''tal'' in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are “hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron.” It lies to the east of the [[Mahananda River]]. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the ''tal'', is a flat low land and “is strewn with innumerable marshes, [[Beel|bils]] and [[oxbow lake]]s.” The ''tal'' area is prone to flooding by local rivers.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1906_PART_A_DCHB_MALDAH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Census of India 2011, Pages 13-15: Physiography |publisher=  Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | accessdate = 9 November 2018}}</ref> The total area is overwhelmingly [[Rural area#India|rural]].<ref>{{cite web  |url =  http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda|work= Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal  |accessdate = 9 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/cdb_pca_census/Houselisting-housing-WB.html |title = C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA) | work= West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks|publisher= Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India  | accessdate = 9 November 2018}}</ref> There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – [[Pandua, Malda|Pandua]] and [[Jagjivanpur]].<ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1906_PART_A_DCHB_MALDAH.pdf |title = District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A | work= Census of India 2011, Page 98: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District |publisher=  Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal | accessdate = 9 November 2018}}</ref>


<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>
<small>Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.</small>
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==Civic administration==
==Civic administration==
===Police station===
===Police station===
Gazole police station under West Bengal police has jurisdiction over Gazole CD block.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web  |url =  http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda|work= Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal  |accessdate = 9 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.policewb.gov.in/wbp/telephone/dist/mld.html |title = Malda District Police| work= Telephone Numbers|publisher= District Police| accessdate = 9 November 2018}}</ref>
Gazole police station under West Bengal police has jurisdiction over Gazole CD block.<ref name=handbook2014>{{cite web  |url =  http://wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |title = District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda|work= Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b |publisher = Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal  |accessdate = 9 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.policewb.gov.in/wbp/telephone/dist/mld.html | title = Malda District Police | work = Telephone Numbers | publisher = District Police | accessdate = 9 November 2018 | archive-date = 9 November 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181109085942/http://policewb.gov.in/wbp/telephone/dist/mld.html | url-status = dead }}</ref>


===CD block HQ===
===CD block HQ===
The headquarters of Gazole CD block is at Gazole.<ref name=handbook2014/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1906_PART_A_DCHB_MALDAH.pdf  |title = District Census Handbook: Maldah, Series 20  Part XII A  | work=  Map of Maldah with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page) |publisher=  Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | accessdate = 9 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url = http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2102  |title = BDO Offices under Malda District  | work= Department of Mass Education Extension & Library Services, Government of West Bengal  |publisher= West Bengal Public Library Network  | accessdate = 8 November 2018 }}</ref>
The headquarters of Gazole CD block is at Gazole.<ref name=handbook2014/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.censusindia.gov.in/2011census/dchb/DCHB_A/19/1906_PART_A_DCHB_MALDAH.pdf  |title = District Census Handbook: Maldah, Series 20  Part XII A  | work=  Map of Maldah with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page) |publisher=  Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011 | accessdate = 9 November 2018 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url = http://wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2102  | title = BDO Offices under Malda District  | work = Department of Mass Education Extension & Library Services, Government of West Bengal  | publisher = West Bengal Public Library Network  | accessdate = 8 November 2018 | archive-date = 12 October 2018 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20181012074655/http://www.wbpublibnet.gov.in/node/2102  | url-status = dead  }}</ref>


==Demographics==
==Demographics==

Latest revision as of 12:22, 23 April 2022

For other uses, see Gazole.
Gazole
Town
Location in West Bengal, India
Coordinates: 25°13′14″N 88°11′21″E / 25.2204800°N 88.1892700°E / 25.2204800; 88.1892700
Country India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictMalda
Railway StationGazole (GZO)
Government
 • TypeBlock
 • BodyGazole Block
Area
 • Total5.6721 km2 (2.1900 sq mi)
Population
 (2011)[1]
 • Total49,618
 • Density8,700/km2 (23,000/sq mi)
Languages
 • OfficialBengali[2][3]
 • Additional officialEnglish[2]
Time zoneUTC+5:30 (IST)
Lok Sabha constituencyMaldaha Uttar
Vidhan Sabha constituencyGazole
Websitegajolnewtown.webs.com

Gazole (also spelled as Gajol) is a town in Malda district in the Indian state of West Bengal.[4][5] Gazole police station serves this city. The headquarters of Gazole (community development block) block is Gazole.[6][1]

Geography[edit | edit source]

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Location[edit | edit source]

Gazole town is located at 25°13′14″N 88°11′21″E / 25.2204800°N 88.1892700°E / 25.2204800; 88.1892700.

The town declared as a municipality and the town consistent of the following villages - Bandhail, Bujruk bandhail, Garail, Gajol, Kadubari and Rangabhita. Gazole town has an area of 5. 6721 km2 (approx).[citation needed]

There is an announcement that Chanchal and Gazole would be amongst the 22 new municipalities to be formed in West Bengal.[7] The matter has also been reported in the press, but till October 2018, there has been no formal announcement/ notification.[8]

Area overview[edit | edit source]

The area shown in the adjacent map covers two physiographic regions – the Barind in the east and the tal in the west. The eastern part is comparatively high (up to 40 metres above mean sea level at places) and uneven. The soils of the eastern region are “hard salty clays of a reddish hue and the ground is baked hard as iron.” It lies to the east of the Mahananda River. The area lying to the west of the Mahananda River, the tal, is a flat low land and “is strewn with innumerable marshes, bils and oxbow lakes.” The tal area is prone to flooding by local rivers.[9] The total area is overwhelmingly rural.[10][11] There are two important historical/ archaeological sites in the area – Pandua and Jagjivanpur.[12]

Note: The map alongside presents some of the notable locations in the area. All places marked in the map are linked in the larger full screen map.

Civic administration[edit | edit source]

Police station[edit | edit source]

Gazole police station under West Bengal police has jurisdiction over Gazole CD block.[13][14]

CD block HQ[edit | edit source]

The headquarters of Gazole CD block is at Gazole.[13][15][16]

Demographics[edit | edit source]

According to the 2011 Indian Census, Gazole had a total population of 4,626, of which 2,320 were males and 2,306 were females. Population within the age group of 0 to 6 years was 469. The total number of literate persons in Gazole was 3,523, which constituted 76.2% of the population with male literacy of 81.1% and female literacy of 71.2%. The effective literacy rate of 7+ population of Gazole was 84.7%, of which male literacy rate was 89.7% and female literacy rate was 79.7%. The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes population was 949 and 393 respectively. Gazole had 1098 households in 2011.[1]

Education[edit | edit source]

College[edit | edit source]

  1. Gazole Mahavidyalaya

High schools[edit | edit source]

  1. Gajol Haji Nakoo Muhammad High School
  2. Shyam Sukhi Balika Siksha Niketan
  3. Ram Chandra Saha Balika Vidyalaya
  4. Gazole Swechand Parameswari Vidyamandir

Healthcare[edit | edit source]

Gazole Rural Hospital at Gazole (with 30 beds) is the main medical facility in Gazole CD Block. Hatimari Rural Hospital at Hatimari (with 30 beds) is another major rural facility. There are primary health centres at Babupur (with 4 beds), Kutubshahar (Pandua PHC) (with 10 beds) and Purba Ranipur (Ranipur PHC) (with 10 beds).[17]

See also[edit | edit source]

References[edit | edit source]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Census of India: Gazole". censusindia.gov.in. Retrieved 25 December 2019.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Fact and Figures". wb.gov.in. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ↑ "52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA" (PDF). nclm.nic.in. Ministry of Minority Affairs. p. 85. Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. ↑ "West Bengal to Have 22 New Municipalities". Outlook (India). Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. ↑ PTI. "West Bengal to have 22 new municipalities". @businessline. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Contact details of Block Development Officers". Malda district. West Bengal Government. Archived from the original on 21 July 2011. Retrieved 12 September 2017.
  7. ↑ "Decentralisation of Governance: 22 new municipalities to come up in Bengal". All India Trinamool Congress. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  8. ↑ "West Bengal to have 22 new municipalities". Outlook 11 June 2014. Retrieved 23 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Census of India 2011, Pages 13-15: Physiography. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda". Table 2.1 , 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  11. ↑ "C.D. Block Wise Primary Census Abstract Data(PCA)". West Bengal – District-wise CD Blocks. Registrar General and Census Commissioner, India. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  12. ↑ "District Census Handbook Maldah, Series 20, Part XII A" (PDF). Census of India 2011, Page 98: Brief Description of Places of Religious, Historical or Archaeological Importance and Places of Tourist Interest of the District. Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  13. ↑ 13.0 13.1 "District Statistical Handbook 2014 Malda". Table 2.1, 2.2, 2.4b. Department of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Malda District Police". Telephone Numbers. District Police. Archived from the original on 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  15. ↑ "District Census Handbook: Maldah, Series 20 Part XII A" (PDF). Map of Maldah with CD Block HQs and Police Stations (on the fourth page). Directorate of Census Operations, West Bengal, 2011. Retrieved 9 November 2018.
  16. ↑ "BDO Offices under Malda District". Department of Mass Education Extension & Library Services, Government of West Bengal. West Bengal Public Library Network. Archived from the original on 12 October 2018. Retrieved 8 November 2018.
  17. ↑ "Health & Family Welfare Department". Health Statistics. Government of West Bengal. Retrieved 14 November 2018.
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