{{Other uses|Gazole (disambiguation){{!}}Gazole}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2024}} {{Use Indian English|date=February 2024}} {{Infobox settlement | name = Gazole | native_name = | native_name_lang = | other_name = | nickname = | settlement_type = Town | image = | image_caption = Clockwise: Taraa Kaali Mandir, Shyam Sukhi Balika Siksha Niketan, Gajol H.N.M. High School, Gazole railway station | pushpin_map = India West Bengal | pushpin_label_position = right | pushpin_map_alt = | pushpin_map_caption = Location in West Bengal, India | coordinates = {{coord|25.2204800|N|88.1892700|E|display=inline,title}} | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_name = {{flag|India}} | subdivision_type1 = State | subdivision_name1 = West Bengal | subdivision_type2 = District | subdivision_name2 = Malda | subdivision_type3 = Railway Station | subdivision_name3 = Gazole (GZO) | established_title = <!-- Established --> | established_date = | founder = | named_for = | government_type = Block | governing_body = Gazole Block | unit_pref = Metric | area_footnotes = | area_rank = | area_total_km2 = 5.6721 | elevation_footnotes = | elevation_m = | population_total = 49618 | population_as_of = 2011 | population_rank = | population_density_km2 = auto | population_demonym = | population_footnotes =<ref name="Census2011Gov"/> | demographics_type1 = Languages | demographics1_title1 = Official | demographics1_info1 = Bengali<ref name="wblangoff">{{cite web|title=Fact and Figures|url=https://wb.gov.in/portal/web/guest/facts-and-figures;jsessionid=JzdD9RHb7aMY5esZPtcsIVLy|website=wb.gov.in|accessdate=15 January 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=52nd REPORT OF THE COMMISSIONER FOR LINGUISTIC MINORITIES IN INDIA|url=http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|website=nclm.nic.in|publisher=Ministry of Minority Affairs|accessdate=15 January 2019|page=85|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525141614/http://nclm.nic.in/shared/linkimages/NCLM52ndReport.pdf|archivedate=25 May 2017}}</ref> | demographics1_title2 = Additional&nbsp;official | demographics1_info2 = English<ref name="wblangoff"/> | timezone1 = IST | utc_offset1 = +5:30 | postal_code_type = <!-- PIN --> | postal_code = 732124 | registration_plate = | blank1_name_sec1 = Lok Sabha constituency | blank1_info_sec1 = Maldaha Uttar | blank2_name_sec1 = Vidhan Sabha constituency | blank2_info_sec1 = Gazole | website = {{URL|gajolnewtown.webs.com/}} | iso_code = | footnotes = | official_name = }} '''Gazole''' (also spelled as Gajol) is a town in Malda district in the Indian 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|date=11 June 2014 |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== {{OSM Location map | width=370| height=320| zoom=9 | coord={{coord|25|8|0|N|88|8|0|E}}| float=left|caption='''Cities, towns and locations in the northern portion of Malda district (including Chanchal subdivision and Old Malda, Habibpur, Bamangola and Gazole CD blocks)'''<br/> M: municipal town, CT: census town, R: rural/ urban centre, F: Facility, H: historical centre<br/>Owing to space constraints in the small map, the actual locations in a larger map may vary slightly |mark-coord1={{coord|25|23|34|N|87|59|44|E}} | label-pos1=right|label1= Chanchal | numbered1=CT| mark-title1=Chanchal (CT)|label-color1=#800000 |label-size1=11| mark-size1=12|shape1=l-circle|shape-color1= #A40000|shape-outline1=white|label-offset-x1=2 |mark-coord2={{coord|24|57|46|N|88|13|55|E}} | label-pos2=left|label2= Aiho| numbered2=CT| mark-title2=Aiho (CT) |mark-coord3={{coord|24|56|40|N|88|14|52|E}} | label-pos3=right|label3= Baksinagar| numbered3=CT| mark-title3=Baksinagar (CT) 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===Location=== Gazole town is located at {{coord|25.2204800|N|88.1892700|E|source:yahoomaps_region:IN-WB |format=dms}}.

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&nbsp;km<sup>2</sup> (approx).{{citation needed|date=October 2018}}

There is an announcement that Chanchal and Gazole would be amongst the 22 new municipalities to be formed in West Bengal.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://aitcofficial.org/aitc/decentralisation-of-governance-22-new-municipalities-to-come-up-in-bengal/?0&cat_id=1| title = Decentralisation of Governance: 22 new municipalities to come up in Bengal | publisher = All India Trinamool Congress |accessdate = 23 October 2018}}</ref> The matter has also been reported in the press, but till October 2018, there has been no formal announcement/ notification.<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 | publisher = Outlook 11 June 2014|accessdate = 23 October 2018}}</ref>

===Area overview=== 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.<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.<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 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}</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 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>

==Civic administration== ===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 |archive-date = 21 January 2019 |archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190121045803/http://www.wbpspm.gov.in/publications/District%20Statistical%20Handbook |url-status = dead }}</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=== 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== 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.<ref name="Census2011Gov">{{cite web |title=Census of India: Gazole |url=http://censusindia.gov.in/pca/SearchDetails.aspx?Id=352004 |website=censusindia.gov.in |accessdate=25 December 2019}}</ref>

==Education== ===College=== # Gazole Mahavidyalaya

===High schools=== # Gajol Haji Nakoo Muhammad High School # Shyam Sukhi Balika Siksha Niketan # Ram Chandra Saha Balika Vidyalaya # Gazole Swechand Parameswari Vidyamandir

==Healthcare== 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).<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.wbhealth.gov.in/ | title = Health & Family Welfare Department | work = Health Statistics | publisher = Government of West Bengal | accessdate = 14 November 2018 | archive-date = 28 October 2021 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211028134305/https://qphs.fs.quoracdn.net/main-qimg-99a499ee367f0c1530476c81086270c8 | url-status = dead }}</ref>

==See also== * Gazole railway station * Gazole (community development block) * Gazole (Vidhan Sabha constituency)

==References== {{Reflist}}

{{Malda District}}

Category:Cities and towns in Malda district