# Gara Village, Chhatna, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chhatna, Bankura 

# Gara

Gara is a village in Chhatna sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **962 people in 210 households**, the 61st largest of 277 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 962people (2011)
- 210households
- 73.8%literacy
- 940females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gara

Of every 100 households in Gara in 2011, 49 had electricity, 24 a toilet at home and 9 cooked with LPG; 57 had a mobile phone, 13 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gara · ■ Chhatna rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**34%

Toilet within the home ****24%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****76%**

**87%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****9%**

**4%

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

**80%

Use banking services ****49%**

**68%

Television ****28%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****57%**

**36%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****13%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**22%

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 Gara?

■ Gara · ■ Chhatna rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.8%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****940**

**960

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****764**

**954

Working population ****39.5%**

**39.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 65.1% for women. 61% of men and 17% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 46 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Household industry 18 (5%) · **■** Other work 207 (54%) · **■** Marginal 99 (26%)

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 Chhatna

- Shalchura997 people
- Rangametia987 people
- Phul Kusuma984 people
- Katharia964 people
- Pahar Bedia951 people
- Khabanigoparpur941 people
- Simulberya936 people
- Gurputa935 people

[All 287 villages in Chhatna](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/chhatna/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gara?962 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gara in?Bankura district (Chhatna sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gara?73.8% (Census 2011)