# Gantar Village, Memari - I, Barddhaman (West Bengal)

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Village · Memari - I, Barddhaman 

# Gantar

Gantar is a village in Memari - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,637 people in 599 households**, the 30th largest of 111 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 73.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.9%.

- 2,637people (2011)
- 599households
- 73.0%literacy
- 949females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gantar

Of every 100 households in Gantar in 2011, 50 had electricity, 50 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gantar · ■ Memari - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****50%**

**50%

Toilet within the home ****50%**

**52%

No toilet (open defecation) ****49%**

**43%

Tap water ****40%**

**24%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**37%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**7%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****74%**

**74%

Use banking services ****36%**

**39%

Television ****38%**

**30%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**22%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Gantar?

■ Gantar · ■ Memari - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****73.0%**

**73.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****949**

**973

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****991**

**973

Working population ****42.2%**

**45.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.7% for men and 69.0% for women. 61% of men and 22% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 190 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 574 (52%) · **■** Household industry 6 (1%) · **■** Other work 261 (23%) · **■** Marginal 81 (7%)

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 Memari - I

- Bijra2,860 people
- Dadpur2,791 people
- Uttar Radhakantapur2,739 people
- Katapur2,737 people
- Shashinara2,622 people
- Kathalgachhi2,601 people
- Mandaljana2,489 people
- Kiskinda2,457 people

[All 112 villages in Memari - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/memari-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gantar?2,637 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gantar in?Barddhaman district (Memari - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gantar?73.0% (Census 2011)