# Ganganandapur Village, Purbasthali - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Purbasthali - I, Barddhaman 

# Ganganandapur

Ganganandapur is a village in Purbasthali - I sub-district of Barddhaman district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,626 people in 406 households**, the 31st largest of 91 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.3%.

- 1,626people (2011)
- 406households
- 83.0%literacy
- 889females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganganandapur

Of every 100 households in Ganganandapur in 2011, 63 had electricity, 71 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Ganganandapur · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****63%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****71%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**40%

Tap water ****52%**

**18%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**25%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****7%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**81%

Use banking services ****40%**

**48%

Television ****34%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**41%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****12%**

**26%

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 Ganganandapur?

■ Ganganandapur · ■ Purbasthali - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.0%**

**77.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****889**

**934

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****556**

**954

Working population ****41.5%**

**39.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.7% for men and 78.0% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 51 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 120 (18%) · **■** Household industry 76 (11%) · **■** Other work 130 (19%) · **■** Marginal 298 (44%)

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 Purbasthali - I

- Jakar1,749 people
- Bagpur1,696 people
- Dhamai1,670 people
- Ichhlampur1,657 people
- Akabpur1,597 people
- Ningra1,524 people
- Dharmatala1,519 people
- Kachua1,493 people

[All 95 villages in Purbasthali - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/barddhaman/purbasthali-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganganandapur?1,626 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganganandapur in?Barddhaman district (Purbasthali - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganganandapur?83.0% (Census 2011)