# Gargara Village, Dubrajpur, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Dubrajpur, Birbhum 

# Gargara

Gargara is a village in Dubrajpur sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **574 people in 137 households**, the 115th largest of 191 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 68.3%.

- 574people (2011)
- 137households
- 78.2%literacy
- 1,021females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gargara

Of every 100 households in Gargara in 2011, 34 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 7 cooked with LPG; 32 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gargara · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****34%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**15%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**85%

Tap water ****7%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**14%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****2%**

**77%

Use banking services ****60%**

**51%

Television ****25%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****32%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**22%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Gargara?

■ Gargara · ■ Dubrajpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.2%**

**68.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1021**

**952

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1419**

**980

Working population ****40.2%**

**39.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 88.5% for men and 67.5% for women. 58% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 65 (28%) · **■** Farm labourers 59 (26%) · **■** Other work 39 (17%) · **■** Marginal 68 (29%)

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 Dubrajpur

- Bhudhgram582 people
- Tarulia582 people
- Khosnagar580 people
- Bhonra574 people
- Bahadurganja566 people
- Dakshin Madanpur563 people
- Aulia562 people
- Shankarpur561 people

[All 227 villages in Dubrajpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/dubrajpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gargara?574 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gargara in?Birbhum district (Dubrajpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gargara?78.2% (Census 2011)