# Gangpur Village, Sainthia, Birbhum (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Gangpur

Gangpur is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **505 people in 122 households**, the 136th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 69.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 505people (2011)
- 122households
- 69.3%literacy
- 913females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangpur

Of every 100 households in Gangpur in 2011, 33 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 9 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****33%**

**37%

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

**17%

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

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****18%**

**57%

Television ****18%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****9%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****55%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**95%

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 Gangpur?

■ Gangpur · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****69.3%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****913**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1214**

**961

Working population ****49.9%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.3% for men and 61.4% for women. 64% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 6 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 11 (4%) · **■** Marginal 234 (93%)

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 Sainthia

- Layekpur525 people
- Dakshin Chandipur522 people
- Bilsa515 people
- Chhota Sangra508 people
- Somdanga501 people
- Junedpur500 people
- Kustor499 people
- Sahispur497 people

[All 230 villages in Sainthia](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/birbhum/sainthia/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangpur?505 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangpur in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangpur?69.3% (Census 2011)