Village · Rajnagar, Birbhum
# Gangmuri

Gangmuri is a village in Rajnagar sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 1,853 people in 414 households, the 3rd largest of 88 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 67.1%.
- 1,853 people (2011)
- 414 households
- 68.8% literacy
- 936 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangmuri

Of every 100 households in Gangmuri in 2011, 71 had electricity, 12 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gangmuri · ■ Rajnagar rural average
- Electricity for lighting 71% 36%
- Toilet within the home 12% 11%
- No toilet (open defecation) 88% 88%
- Tap water 0% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 5% 6%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 1% 2%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 51% 80%
- Use banking services 23% 34%
- Television 31% 21%
- Mobile phone 42% 31%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 8% 7%
- Car / jeep / van 1% 0%
- None of these assets 10% 23%
- Own their home 98% 98%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gangmuri?

■ Gangmuri · ■ Rajnagar rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 68.8% 67.1%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 936 962
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 939 952
- Working population 41.4% 44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.7% for men and 59.2% for women. 59% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 61 (8%) · ■ Farm labourers 89 (12%) · ■ Household industry 62 (8%) · ■ Other work 285 (37%) · ■ Marginal 271 (35%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Rajnagar
- Tantipara 6,227 people
- Chandrapur 2,012 people
- Shankarpur 1,733 people
- Tabadumra 1,685 people
- Lauberia 1,551 people
- Madhaipur 1,531 people

All 98 villages in Rajnagar

## Other places named Gangmuri
- Gangmuri · Village, Maheshpur, Pakur · 757 people

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Gangmuri? 1,853 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangmuri in? Birbhum district (Rajnagar sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangmuri? 68.8% (Census 2011)

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