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

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/gangarampur/

Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Gangarampur

Gangarampur is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **635 people in 158 households**, the 142nd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 635people (2011)
- 158households
- 67.4%literacy
- 1,035females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangarampur

Of every 100 households in Gangarampur in 2011, 23 had electricity, 9 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 22 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangarampur · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****9%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****91%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****6%**

**11%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****14%**

**26%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****22%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****47%**

**33%

Own their home ****100%**

**98%

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 Gangarampur?

■ Gangarampur · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1035**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1159**

**954

Working population ****55.4%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.9% for men and 58.1% for women. 66% of men and 46% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 36 (10%) · **■** Farm labourers 10 (3%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 33 (9%) · **■** Marginal 272 (77%)

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 Tapan

- Guldanga663 people
- Jormail662 people
- Hazrabari657 people
- Gofanagar654 people
- Ganguria631 people
- Kamalpur623 people
- Daudpur617 people
- Basakbari615 people

[All 279 villages in Tapan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/dakshin-dinajpur/tapan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangarampur?635 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangarampur in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangarampur?67.4% (Census 2011)