# Garna Village, Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Hilli, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Garna

Garna is a village in Hilli sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **858 people in 212 households**, the 45th largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 76.0%.

- 858people (2011)
- 212households
- 75.0%literacy
- 890females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garna

Of every 100 households in Garna in 2011, 47 had electricity, 20 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 42 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garna · ■ Hilli rural average

Electricity for lighting ****47%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****20%**

**38%

No toilet (open defecation) ****79%**

**60%

Tap water ****88%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****30%**

**54%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****20%**

**86%

Use banking services ****56%**

**36%

Television ****25%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****42%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****30%**

**32%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Garna?

■ Garna · ■ Hilli rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.0%**

**76.0%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****890**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****976**

**966

Working population ****49.7%**

**44.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 67.3% for women. 64% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 43 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 222 (52%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 34 (8%) · **■** Marginal 126 (30%)

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 Hilli

- Jot Tior882 people
- Ramjibanpur873 people
- Chak Mohan863 people
- Purbba Mathurapur862 people
- Muraripur782 people
- Ponorahar702 people
- Syampur691 people
- Purba Kalikapur690 people

[All 82 villages in Hilli](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/hilli/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garna?858 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garna in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Hilli sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garna?75.0% (Census 2011)