# Gargarya Village, Sarenga, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sarenga, Bankura 

# Gargarya

Gargarya is a village in Sarenga sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,922 people in 359 households**, the 7th largest of 153 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.3%.

- 1,922people (2011)
- 359households
- 69.5%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gargarya

Of every 100 households in Gargarya in 2011, 44 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gargarya · ■ Sarenga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****44%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**13%

No toilet (open defecation) ****80%**

**86%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**23%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**95%

Use banking services ****52%**

**53%

Television ****24%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**34%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**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 Gargarya?

■ Gargarya · ■ Sarenga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.5%**

**74.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1238**

**938

Working population ****33.0%**

**42.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.7% for men and 56.6% for women. 56% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 135 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 170 (27%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 101 (16%) · **■** Marginal 225 (35%)

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 Sarenga

- Chhota Sarenga2,922 people
- Majura2,319 people
- Baragarra2,202 people
- Chingra1,949 people
- Goalbari1,752 people
- Khaerpahari1,737 people
- Bikrampur1,688 people
- Krishnapur1,669 people

[All 166 villages in Sarenga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/sarenga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gargarya?1,922 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gargarya in?Bankura district (Sarenga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gargarya?69.5% (Census 2011)