# Ashokgram Village, Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ashokgram

Ashokgram is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,632 people in 626 households**, the 17th largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 72.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 2,632people (2011)
- 626households
- 72.4%literacy
- 1,028females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ashokgram

Of every 100 households in Ashokgram in 2011, 43 had electricity, 14 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ashokgram · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****43%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****14%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****86%**

**70%

Tap water ****1%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****35%**

**32%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**95%

Use banking services ****17%**

**27%

Television ****23%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****38%**

**37%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Ashokgram?

■ Ashokgram · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****72.4%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1028**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1129**

**936

Working population ****43.3%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 77.8% for men and 67.0% for women. 60% of men and 27% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 267 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 400 (35%) · **■** Household industry 33 (3%) · **■** Other work 167 (15%) · **■** Marginal 272 (24%)

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 Gangarampur

- Katatair3,020 people
- Boaldaha2,889 people
- Nehamba2,836 people
- Keshabpur2,834 people
- Jahangirpur2,560 people
- Chalun2,527 people
- Kurumsur2,522 people
- Bachhuria2,440 people

[All 202 villages in Gangarampur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/gangarampur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ashokgram?2,632 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ashokgram in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ashokgram?72.4% (Census 2011)