# Gongasagar Village, Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Balurghat, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gongasagar

Gongasagar is a village in Balurghat sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,285 people in 317 households**, the 49th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 73.1%.

- 1,285people (2011)
- 317households
- 78.1%literacy
- 956females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gongasagar

Of every 100 households in Gongasagar in 2011, 48 had electricity, 28 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 29 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gongasagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****28%**

**33%

No toilet (open defecation) ****72%**

**65%

Tap water ****4%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****29%**

**47%

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

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**90%

Use banking services ****34%**

**41%

Television ****34%**

**26%

Mobile phone ****29%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**26%

Own their home ****98%**

**97%

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 Gongasagar?

■ Gongasagar · ■ Balurghat rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**73.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****956**

**937

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1121**

**965

Working population ****38.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.3% for men and 72.5% for women. 62% of men and 15% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 249 (50%) · **■** Farm labourers 58 (12%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 147 (29%) · **■** Marginal 43 (9%)

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 Balurghat

- Rajuha1,338 people
- Manail1,332 people
- Chakram1,320 people
- Haripur1,317 people
- Dogachhi1,229 people
- Pirijpur1,207 people
- Kumargram1,196 people
- Bara1,193 people

[All 307 villages in Balurghat](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/balurghat/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gongasagar?1,285 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gongasagar in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Balurghat sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gongasagar?78.1% (Census 2011)