# Gargara Village, Mayureswar - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Mayureswar - II, Birbhum 

# Gargara

Gargara is a village in Mayureswar - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **246 people in 56 households**, the 110th largest of 125 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.9%.

- 246people (2011)
- 56households
- 90.4%literacy
- 878females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gargara

Of every 100 households in Gargara in 2011, 79 had electricity, 25 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 21 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gargara · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****79%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****25%**

**19%

No toilet (open defecation) ****75%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

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

**18%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****79%**

**90%

Use banking services ****71%**

**23%

Television ****48%**

**19%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****21%**

**5%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****14%**

**41%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Gargara?

■ Gargara · ■ Mayureswar - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.4%**

**70.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****878**

**953

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****333**

**963

Working population ****36.2%**

**46.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.8% for men and 84.7% for women. 63% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 57 (64%) · **■** Farm labourers 14 (16%) · **■** Other work 13 (15%) · **■** Marginal 5 (6%)

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 Mayureswar - II

- Ghordaha287 people
- Tentuldihi271 people
- Uttar Maligram268 people
- Dakshin Bhagabatipur246 people
- Bandaha221 people
- Baruigachhi214 people
- Sundara201 people
- Dakshin Maligram199 people

[All 131 villages in Mayureswar - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/mayureswar-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gargara?246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gargara in?Birbhum district (Mayureswar - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gargara?90.4% (Census 2011)