# Gangapur Village, Rajnagar, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum 

# Gangapur

Gangapur is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,006 people in 220 households**, the 20th largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.

- 1,006people (2011)
- 220households
- 67.0%literacy
- 984females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangapur

Of every 100 households in Gangapur in 2011, 26 had electricity, 6 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 40 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gangapur · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Electricity for lighting ****26%**

**36%

Toilet within the home ****6%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****93%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**6%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**80%

Use banking services ****63%**

**34%

Television ****24%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****40%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****9%**

**23%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gangapur?

■ Gangapur · ■ Rajnagar rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.0%**

**67.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****984**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1047**

**952

Working population ****52.2%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 55.3% for women. 61% of men and 43% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 91 (17%) · **■** Farm labourers 172 (33%) · **■** Household industry 4 (1%) · **■** Other work 60 (11%) · **■** Marginal 198 (38%)

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

- Patadanga1,104 people
- Aligar1,103 people
- Ganeshpur1,039 people
- Belera1,026 people
- Balarampur997 people
- Khayradihi975 people
- Sajina961 people
- Kushmashul950 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangapur?1,006 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangapur in?Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangapur?67.0% (Census 2011)