# Gaganpur Village, Murarai - II, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Murarai - II, Birbhum 

# Gaganpur

Gaganpur is a village in Murarai - II sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,033 people in 583 households**, the 39th largest of 66 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 65.4%, above the sub-district's rural average of 58.0%.

- 2,033people (2011)
- 583households
- 65.4%literacy
- 995females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaganpur

Of every 100 households in Gaganpur in 2011, 31 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 15 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gaganpur · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**16%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**14%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**85%

Tap water ****3%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**9%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****74%**

**25%

Television ****18%**

**8%

Mobile phone ****15%**

**17%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****71%**

**58%

Own their home ****98%**

**93%

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 Gaganpur?

■ Gaganpur · ■ Murarai - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****65.4%**

**58.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****995**

**967

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****949**

**964

Working population ****43.8%**

**35.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.7% for men and 56.1% for women. 60% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 84 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 396 (44%) · **■** Household industry 131 (15%) · **■** Other work 49 (5%) · **■** Marginal 231 (26%)

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 Murarai - II

- Baliadanga2,350 people
- Chhatina2,306 people
- Sadasibpur2,298 people
- Kendishta2,294 people
- Bhadishta2,032 people
- Fazilpur1,955 people
- Kamalpur1,952 people
- Mallikpur1,858 people

[All 71 villages in Murarai - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/murarai-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaganpur?2,033 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaganpur in?Birbhum district (Murarai - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaganpur?65.4% (Census 2011)