# Garpahar Village, Raipur, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Raipur, Bankura 

# Garpahar

Garpahar is a village in Raipur sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **678 people in 150 households**, the 99th largest of 197 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.7%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 678people (2011)
- 150households
- 68.7%literacy
- 1,119females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garpahar

Of every 100 households in Garpahar in 2011, 21 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garpahar · ■ Raipur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****21%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**7%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**92%

Tap water ****0%**

**4%

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

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****52%**

**66%

Television ****2%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****13%**

**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 Garpahar?

■ Garpahar · ■ Raipur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.7%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1119**

**963

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****667**

**930

Working population ****57.2%**

**46.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.6% for men and 53.1% for women. 56% of men and 59% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 88 (23%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 21 (5%) · **■** Marginal 181 (47%)

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 Raipur

- Kese729 people
- Pukhuria696 people
- Benagerya695 people
- Pairaguri685 people
- Jaynagar675 people
- Sahajpur674 people
- Jamsol663 people
- Damdi653 people

[All 205 villages in Raipur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/raipur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garpahar?678 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garpahar in?Bankura district (Raipur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garpahar?68.7% (Census 2011)