# Gajaghanta Village, Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli 

# Gajaghanta

Gajaghanta is a village in Chinsurah - Magra sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,680 people in 1,112 households**, the 1st largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 89.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 4,680people (2011)
- 1,112households
- 89.1%literacy
- 997females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajaghanta

Of every 100 households in Gajaghanta in 2011, 80 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 34 cooked with LPG; 69 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gajaghanta · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****80%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**25%

Tap water ****44%**

**13%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**16%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****34%**

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****27%**

**51%

Use banking services ****36%**

**53%

Television ****62%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****69%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****4%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**16%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****5%**

**13%

Own their home ****92%**

**89%

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 Gajaghanta?

■ Gajaghanta · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****89.1%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****997**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****882**

**953

Working population ****38.8%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 93.5% for men and 84.7% for women. 61% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 64 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 43 (2%) · **■** Household industry 68 (4%) · **■** Other work 1,207 (66%) · **■** Marginal 436 (24%)

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 Chinsurah - Magra

- Dingalhat4,574 people
- Digsui4,183 people
- Kanagar4,131 people
- Benipur3,793 people

[All 52 villages in Chinsurah - Magra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/chinsurah-magra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajaghanta?4,680 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajaghanta in?Hugli district (Chinsurah - Magra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gajaghanta?89.1% (Census 2011)