# Gangadharpur Village, Balagarh, Hugli (West Bengal)

> Source: https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/balagarh/gangadharpur/

Village · Balagarh, Hugli 

# Gangadharpur

Gangadharpur is a village in Balagarh sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **989 people in 225 households**, the 80th largest of 129 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 63.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 76.2%.

- 989people (2011)
- 225households
- 63.2%literacy
- 917females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangadharpur

Of every 100 households in Gangadharpur in 2011, 27 had electricity, 27 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangadharpur · ■ Balagarh rural average

Electricity for lighting ****27%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****27%**

**59%

No toilet (open defecation) ****73%**

**40%

Tap water ****9%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****2%**

**17%

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

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****72%**

**81%

Use banking services ****56%**

**48%

Television ****13%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**42%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**9%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****6%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**94%

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 Gangadharpur?

■ Gangadharpur · ■ Balagarh rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****63.2%**

**76.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****917**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****656**

**948

Working population ****48.0%**

**41.9%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 54.7% for women. 61% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 69 (15%) · **■** Farm labourers 96 (20%) · **■** Household industry 5 (1%) · **■** Other work 74 (16%) · **■** Marginal 231 (49%)

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 Balagarh

- Baligari1,023 people
- Kolara1,017 people
- Pratappur997 people
- Gopalbati993 people
- Bhabanipur982 people
- Kabura956 people
- Tildanga944 people
- Sadhu Bangali940 people

[All 132 villages in Balagarh](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/balagarh/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangadharpur?989 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangadharpur in?Hugli district (Balagarh sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangadharpur?63.2% (Census 2011)