# Gangajal Ghati Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Gangajal Ghati

Gangajal Ghati is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **8,708 people in 1,980 households**, the 1st largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 8,708people (2011)
- 1,980households
- 77.8%literacy
- 955females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangajal Ghati

Of every 100 households in Gangajal Ghati in 2011, 59 had electricity, 37 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 48 had a mobile phone, 18 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gangajal Ghati · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****37%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****63%**

**86%

Tap water ****3%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****43%**

**67%

Use banking services ****56%**

**43%

Television ****40%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****48%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****18%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**25%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Gangajal Ghati?

■ Gangajal Ghati · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.8%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****955**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****966**

**908

Working population ****36.1%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 85.8% for men and 69.5% for women. 57% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 134 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 283 (9%) · **■** Household industry 64 (2%) · **■** Other work 1,709 (54%) · **■** Marginal 954 (30%)

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

- Keshiara6,922 people
- Bhairabpur4,669 people
- Raidihi3,813 people
- Kapishtha3,757 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangajal Ghati?8,708 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangajal Ghati in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangajal Ghati?77.8% (Census 2011)