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

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Village · Chinsurah - Magra, Hugli 

# Gannegar

Gannegar is a village in Chinsurah - Magra sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **548 people in 158 households**, the 43rd largest of 52 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 82.1%.

- 548people (2011)
- 158households
- 68.3%literacy
- 1,007females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gannegar

Of every 100 households in Gannegar in 2011, 6 had electricity, 19 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 6 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gannegar · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****6%**

**76%

Toilet within the home ****19%**

**74%

No toilet (open defecation) ****81%**

**25%

Tap water ****0%**

**13%

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

**16%

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

**28%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**51%

Use banking services ****97%**

**53%

Television ****6%**

**52%

Mobile phone ****6%**

**57%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**2%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**16%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****25%**

**13%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gannegar?

■ Gannegar · ■ Chinsurah - Magra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.3%**

**82.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1007**

**962

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1360**

**953

Working population ****59.3%**

**40.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.9% for men and 54.4% for women. 59% of men and 60% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 8 (2%) · **■** Farm labourers 147 (45%) · **■** Other work 8 (2%) · **■** Marginal 162 (50%)

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

- Gaharpur787 people
- Mamudpur786 people
- Minajpur780 people
- Akna571 people
- Balagarh522 people
- Hediapota395 people
- Dadpur364 people
- Raypur346 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gannegar?548 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gannegar in?Hugli district (Chinsurah - Magra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gannegar?68.3% (Census 2011)