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

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Village · Tapan, Dakshin Dinajpur 

# Ganguria

Ganguria is a village in Tapan sub-district of Dakshin Dinajpur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **631 people in 148 households**, the 143rd largest of 271 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.3%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 68.6%.

- 631people (2011)
- 148households
- 70.3%literacy
- 867females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganguria

Of every 100 households in Ganguria in 2011, 20 had electricity, 16 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganguria · ■ Tapan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**31%

Toilet within the home ****16%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****84%**

**75%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****7%**

**11%

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

**2%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****19%**

**26%

Television ****12%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**30%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****7%**

**33%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Ganguria?

■ Ganguria · ■ Tapan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.3%**

**68.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****867**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****568**

**954

Working population ****48.5%**

**45.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.1% for men and 61.8% for women. 60% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (36%) · **■** Farm labourers 52 (17%) · **■** Household industry 24 (8%) · **■** Other work 19 (6%) · **■** Marginal 101 (33%)

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

- Jormail662 people
- Hazrabari657 people
- Gofanagar654 people
- Gangarampur635 people
- Kamalpur623 people
- Daudpur617 people
- Basakbari615 people
- Jashrai609 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganguria?631 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganguria in?Dakshin Dinajpur district (Tapan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganguria?70.3% (Census 2011)