# Ganeshpur Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal)

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Ganeshpur

Ganeshpur is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,039 people in 253 households**, the 18th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 1,039people (2011)
- 253households
- 68.8%literacy
- 975females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganeshpur

Of every 100 households in Ganeshpur in 2011, 19 had electricity, 10 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 14 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganeshpur · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****19%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****10%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****90%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****3%**

**6%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****81%**

**80%

Use banking services ****15%**

**34%

Television ****10%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****14%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****32%**

**23%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Ganeshpur?

■ Ganeshpur · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.8%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****975**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****969**

**952

Working population ****49.1%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 59.3% for women. 58% of men and 40% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 21 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 134 (26%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 54 (11%) · **■** Marginal 300 (59%)

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 Rajnagar

- Sahabad1,147 people
- Kanmora1,130 people
- Patadanga1,104 people
- Aligar1,103 people
- Belera1,026 people
- Gangapur1,006 people
- Balarampur997 people
- Khayradihi975 people

[All 98 villages in Rajnagar](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/rajnagar/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganeshpur?1,039 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganeshpur in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganeshpur?68.8% (Census 2011)