# Gangajit Village, Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur (West Bengal)

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Village · Kushmundi, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gangajit

Gangajit is a village in Kushmundi sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **246 people in 62 households**, the 209th largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 51.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.4%.

- 246people (2011)
- 62households
- 51.4%literacy
- 907females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangajit

Of every 100 households in Gangajit in 2011, 52 had electricity, 30 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gangajit · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**27%

Toilet within the home ****30%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****70%**

**81%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****52%**

**29%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****0%**

**93%

Use banking services ****28%**

**18%

Television ****14%**

**12%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**28%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**3%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**24%

Own their home ****100%**

**99%

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 Gangajit?

■ Gangajit · ■ Kushmundi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****51.4%**

**65.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****907**

**981

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**955

Working population ****35.0%**

**38.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 58.3% for men and 43.8% for women. 55% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 38 (44%) · **■** Farm labourers 44 (51%) · **■** Other work 3 (3%) · **■** Marginal 1 (1%)

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 Kushmundi

- Bighor259 people
- Punat256 people
- Barail254 people
- Paschim Para248 people
- Buripukur235 people
- Jagannathpur233 people
- Palasbari228 people
- Chak Haripur206 people

[All 231 villages in Kushmundi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/kushmundi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangajit?246 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangajit in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Kushmundi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangajit?51.4% (Census 2011)