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

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Village · Sainthia, Birbhum 

# Gargaria

Gargaria is a village in Sainthia sub-district of Birbhum district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **667 people in 160 households**, the 107th largest of 216 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.9%.

- 667people (2011)
- 160households
- 76.0%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gargaria

Of every 100 households in Gargaria in 2011, 27 had electricity, 31 a toilet at home and 11 cooked with LPG; 46 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gargaria · ■ Sainthia rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**37%

Toilet within the home ****31%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****69%**

**82%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****33%**

**18%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****11%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**85%

Use banking services ****98%**

**57%

Television ****25%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****46%**

**26%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**6%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****34%**

**33%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Gargaria?

■ Gargaria · ■ Sainthia rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.0%**

**71.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**950

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****974**

**961

Working population ****44.5%**

**41.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 66.4% for women. 59% of men and 28% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 49 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 51 (17%) · **■** Household industry 5 (2%) · **■** Other work 63 (21%) · **■** Marginal 129 (43%)

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

- Uttar Naogaon679 people
- Bijuri677 people
- Gorala676 people
- Raihat676 people
- Banamalidihi663 people
- Chhautara663 people
- Shashidharpur662 people
- Nohana661 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gargaria?667 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gargaria in?Birbhum district (Sainthia sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gargaria?76.0% (Census 2011)