# Arjunpur, Gangajalghati, Bankura – Population & Literacy

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Arjunpur

Arjunpur is a village in [Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/) sub-district of [Bankura](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/) district, [West Bengal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/). The 2011 Census counted **476 people in 90 households**, the 116th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 64.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 476people (2011)
- 90households
- 64.1%literacy
- 951females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Arjunpur

Of every 100 households in Arjunpur in 2011, 37 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Arjunpur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****37%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****2%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****98%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****84%**

**67%

Use banking services ****54%**

**43%

Television ****12%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****17%**

**25%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Arjunpur?

■ Arjunpur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****64.1%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****951**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**908

Working population ****35.7%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 79.2% for men and 48.3% for women. 60% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 69 (41%) · **■** Farm labourers 13 (8%) · **■** Household industry 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 30 (18%) · **■** Marginal 57 (34%)

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 Gangajalghati

- Kot Madan Mohanpur512 people
- Balikhun506 people
- Damra504 people
- Shimlagar502 people
- Sudarshanpur468 people
- Sankarara465 people
- Menjua452 people
- Brahmanara450 people

[All 165 villages in Gangajalghati](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/gangajalghati/villages/)

## Other places named Arjunpur

- Arjunpur · Town, Murshidabad · 6,042 people
- Arjunpur · Village, Buxar, Buxar · 4,599 people
- Arjunpur · Village, Mirzapur, Mirzapur · 4,525 people
- Arjunpur · Village, Farrukhabad, Farrukhabad · 2,573 people
- Arjunpur · Village, Lambhua, Sultanpur · 2,462 people
- Arjunpur · Village, Bhogaon, Mainpuri · 2,334 people

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Arjunpur?476 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Arjunpur in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Arjunpur?64.1% (Census 2011)