# Ganara Village, Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Bolpur Sriniketan, Birbhum 

# Ganara

Ganara is a village in Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **292 people in 73 households**, the 138th largest of 156 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.1%.

- 292people (2011)
- 73households
- 72.4%literacy
- 960females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganara

Of every 100 households in Ganara in 2011, 74 had electricity, 18 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganara · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****74%**

**45%

Toilet within the home ****18%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****82%**

**73%

Tap water ****0%**

**27%

Drinking water within premises ****82%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****68%**

**82%

Use banking services ****97%**

**61%

Television ****22%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**8%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****27%**

**24%

Own their home ****96%**

**95%

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 Ganara?

■ Ganara · ■ Bolpur Sriniketan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**70.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****960**

**968

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1182**

**972

Working population ****50.0%**

**42.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 62.3% for women. 68% of men and 31% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 11 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 3 (2%) · **■** Other work 3 (2%) · **■** Marginal 129 (88%)

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 Bolpur Sriniketan

- Namokhara333 people
- Uttar Harirampur326 people
- Gobindapala322 people
- Damodarpur314 people
- Chak Narayanpur280 people
- Jaykrishnapur255 people
- Shunutia255 people
- Uttar Chandipur251 people

[All 169 villages in Bolpur Sriniketan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/bolpur-sriniketan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganara?292 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganara in?Birbhum district (Bolpur Sriniketan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganara?72.4% (Census 2011)