# Ghagar Village, Taldangra, Bankura (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Taldangra, Bankura 

# Ghagar

Ghagar is a village in Taldangra sub-district of Bankura district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **400 people in 78 households**, the 103rd largest of 141 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.5%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 400people (2011)
- 78households
- 69.5%literacy
- 932females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghagar

Of every 100 households in Ghagar in 2011, 36 had electricity, 8 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 60 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ghagar · ■ Taldangra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****36%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****8%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****92%**

**85%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**17%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**88%

Use banking services ****30%**

**59%

Television ****12%**

**18%

Mobile phone ****60%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**8%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****10%**

**19%

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 Ghagar?

■ Ghagar · ■ Taldangra rural average

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

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****932**

**972

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1167**

**978

Working population ****54.0%**

**42.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.5% for men and 56.4% for women. 59% of men and 49% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 19 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 138 (64%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 27 (12%) · **■** Marginal 29 (13%)

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 Taldangra

- Jambedia430 people
- Dunduria426 people
- Surbhaga Band426 people
- Punesa416 people
- Dhuakaki391 people
- Nabagram389 people
- Bhandia370 people
- Bhedua349 people

[All 145 villages in Taldangra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/bankura/taldangra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghagar?400 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghagar in?Bankura district (Taldangra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghagar?69.5% (Census 2011)