Village · Sarenga, Bankura
# Gangnala

Gangnala is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,252 people in 251 households, the 26th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.
- 1,252 people (2011)
- 251 households
- 71.5% literacy
- 962 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangnala

Of every 100 households in Gangnala in 2011, 57 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangnala · ■ Sarenga rural average
- Electricity for lighting 57% 48%
- Toilet within the home 0% 13%
- No toilet (open defecation) 100% 86%
- Tap water 0% 9%
- Drinking water within premises 22% 23%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 0% 3%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 100% 95%
- Use banking services 56% 53%
- Television 11% 20%
- Mobile phone 40% 34%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 3% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 0% 1%
- None of these assets 10% 22%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gangnala?

■ Gangnala · ■ Sarenga rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 71.5% 74.3%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 962 972
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 921 938
- Working population 31.6% 42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.0% for men and 60.7% for women. 59% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 150 (38%) · ■ Farm labourers 102 (26%) · ■ Household industry 1 (0%) · ■ Other work 10 (3%) · ■ Marginal 133 (34%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Sarenga
- Tapaberia 1,335 people
- Sarulia 1,320 people
- Belapal 1,315 people
- Barajamabedya 1,254 people
- Barpakhan 1,222 people
- Jamrepara 1,210 people
- Sareskol 1,209 people
- Sitarampur 1,181 people

All 166 villages in Sarenga

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Gangnala? 1,252 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangnala in? Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangnala? 71.5% (Census 2011)

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