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

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Village · Gangarampur, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Garoa

Garoa is a village in Gangarampur sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **491 people in 107 households**, the 142nd largest of 198 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.3%.

- 491people (2011)
- 107households
- 82.2%literacy
- 933females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garoa

Of every 100 households in Garoa in 2011, 96 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 4 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garoa · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****96%**

**38%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**28%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**70%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****24%**

**32%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****0%**

**27%

Television ****1%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****4%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****63%**

**37%

Own their home ****93%**

**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 Garoa?

■ Garoa · ■ Gangarampur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.2%**

**71.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****933**

**932

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****744**

**936

Working population ****32.0%**

**40.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.4% for men and 80.0% for women. 56% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

******

**■** Cultivators 36 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 5 (3%) · **■** Marginal 116 (74%)

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

- Nitpur Prasadpur516 people
- Antal507 people
- Nehatair503 people
- Shyampur497 people
- Nilahari477 people
- Khatia Bandha476 people
- Rayshali476 people
- Bhuinhara464 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garoa?491 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garoa in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Gangarampur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garoa?82.2% (Census 2011)