# Gandhpur Village, Nanoor, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Nanoor, Birbhum 

# Gandhpur

Gandhpur is a village in Nanoor sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,496 people in 335 households**, the 54th largest of 130 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 69.0%.

- 1,496people (2011)
- 335households
- 70.7%literacy
- 896females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gandhpur

Of every 100 households in Gandhpur in 2011, 32 had electricity, 21 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gandhpur · ■ Nanoor rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****21%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**72%

Tap water ****1%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**23%

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

**3%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**91%

Use banking services ****88%**

**61%

Television ****24%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gandhpur?

■ Gandhpur · ■ Nanoor rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**69.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****896**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1075**

**968

Working population ****34.7%**

**37.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.7% for men and 64.9% for women. 63% of men and 4% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 217 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 216 (42%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 79 (15%) · **■** Marginal 2 (0%)

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 Nanoor

- Dongra1,555 people
- Rayen1,555 people
- Sakulia1,544 people
- Sardanga1,525 people
- Posla1,470 people
- Chhatingram1,468 people
- Nawanagar1,438 people
- Aligram1,432 people

[All 137 villages in Nanoor](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/nanoor/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gandhpur?1,496 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gandhpur in?Birbhum district (Nanoor sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gandhpur?70.7% (Census 2011)