# Gangta Village, Kharagpur, Munger (Bihar) – PIN Code

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Village · Kharagpur, Munger 

# Gangta

Gangta is a village in Kharagpur sub-district of Munger district, Bihar. The 2011 Census counted **4,366 people in 938 households**, the 10th largest of 92 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 61.2%.

- 4,366people (2011)
- 938households
- 64.4%literacy
- 882females per 1,000 males

## Gangta PIN code and other codes

Gangta falls in Kharagpur sub-district, Munger district, Bihar.

- Gram panchayatGagata
- Community development blockKharagpur
- Census village code243048

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## How far is Gangta from nearby towns?

- Kharagpur (sub-district HQ)12 km by road
- Munger (district HQ)48 km by road
- Kharagpur (nearest town)12 km by road

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## What facilities are there in Gangta?

18 services counted by the Census are inside Gangta; the rest show the distance to the nearest one.

### In the village

- ●Pre-primary schoolIn village · 4 private
- ●Primary schoolIn village · 3 govt · 1 private
- ●Middle schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Secondary schoolIn village · 1 govt
- ●Health sub-centreIn village · 1 · 1 doctors
- ●Maternity & child welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Family welfare centreIn village · 1
- ●Post officeIn village
- ●Public bus serviceIn village
- ●Pucca (black-topped) roadIn village
- ●All-weather roadIn village
- ●Commercial bankIn village
- ●Ration (PDS) shopIn village
- ●Mandi / regular marketIn village
- ●Anganwadi centreIn village
- ●ASHA health workerIn village
- ●Sports fieldIn village
- ●Polling stationIn village

### Nearest outside

- ○Senior secondary schoolunder 5 km · Kharagpur
- ○Degree college10+ km · Kharagpur
- ○ITI / vocational school10+ km · Munger
- ○Primary health centre5–10 km
- ○Allopathic hospital10+ km
- ○Dispensary5–10 km
- ○Railway station10+ km
- ○ATM10+ km
- ○Public library5–10 km

### Water and power

- Drinking waterhand pumps and tanks / ponds
- Electricity (2011)5 h summer · 6 h winter

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

Surveyed for the 2011 Census; facilities may have changed.

## What is Gangta known for?

The main crops are **paddy**. About 7% of the 1,773 hectares of village land is sown, and 110 hectares are irrigated.

Source: [Census of India 2011, District Census Handbook – village directory](https://censusindia.gov.in/nada/index.php/catalog).

## Homes and amenities in Gangta

Of every 100 households in Gangta in 2011, 6 had electricity, 7 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gangta · ■ Kharagpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**20%

Toilet within the home ****7%**

**18%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**81%

Tap water ****12%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****14%**

**30%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****65%**

**56%

Television ****13%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**2%

None of these assets ****40%**

**34%

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 Gangta?

■ Gangta · ■ Kharagpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.4%**

**61.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****882**

**878

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****964**

**940

Working population ****39.0%**

**34.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 50.3% for women. 48% of men and 29% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 150 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 377 (22%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 45 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1,129 (66%)

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 Kharagpur

- Murade4,836 people
- Murheri4,831 people
- Parsando4,649 people
- Agarhan4,551 people
- Mozaffarganj4,277 people
- Majhgain4,208 people
- Dariyapur3,755 people
- Baijalpur3,709 people

[All 120 villages in Kharagpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/bihar/munger/kharagpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- How far is Gangta from Munger?48 km by road
- What is the population of Gangta?4,366 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangta in?Munger district (Kharagpur sub-district), Bihar
- What is the literacy rate of Gangta?64.4% (Census 2011)