# Ghanashyampur Village, Gangajalghati, Bankura (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangajalghati, Bankura 

# Ghanashyampur

Ghanashyampur is a village in Gangajalghati sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,025 people in 200 households**, the 59th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.9%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.1%.

- 1,025people (2011)
- 200households
- 69.9%literacy
- 895females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghanashyampur

Of every 100 households in Ghanashyampur in 2011, 81 had electricity, 22 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 71 had a mobile phone, 15 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghanashyampur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****22%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****4%**

**8%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****38%**

**67%

Use banking services ****56%**

**43%

Television ****21%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****71%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****15%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****9%**

**25%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ghanashyampur?

■ Ghanashyampur · ■ Gangajalghati rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.9%**

**68.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****895**

**941

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****704**

**908

Working population ****43.4%**

**38.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 56.7% for women. 58% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 117 (26%) · **■** Farm labourers 6 (1%) · **■** Household industry 13 (3%) · **■** Other work 56 (13%) · **■** Marginal 253 (57%)

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

- Selera1,170 people
- Bhatla Para1,152 people
- Jemua1,138 people
- Birra1,101 people
- Ekchala1,012 people
- Hanri Bhanga984 people
- Khayer Bani970 people
- Nutangram953 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghanashyampur?1,025 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghanashyampur in?Bankura district (Gangajalghati sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghanashyampur?69.9% (Census 2011)