# Garjuria Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Garjuria

Garjuria is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **779 people in 160 households**, the 78th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 779people (2011)
- 160households
- 55.8%literacy
- 1,050females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garjuria

Of every 100 households in Garjuria in 2011, 18 had electricity, 2 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Garjuria · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****18%**

**40%

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

**14%

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

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****5%**

**8%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**67%

Use banking services ****44%**

**43%

Television ****8%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**10%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**25%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Garjuria?

■ Garjuria · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.8%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1050**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****979**

**908

Working population ****31.5%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 67.8% for men and 44.6% for women. 58% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 39 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 167 (68%) · **■** Other work 26 (11%) · **■** Marginal 13 (5%)

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

- Nadihi840 people
- Hadalbani838 people
- Bara Lachhipur837 people
- Arbetal808 people
- Kantabani774 people
- Jenadihi769 people
- Chururi767 people
- Madhabpur766 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garjuria?779 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garjuria in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garjuria?55.8% (Census 2011)