# Gangeshnagar Village, Dhaniakhali, Hugli (West Bengal)

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Village · Dhaniakhali, Hugli 

# Gangeshnagar

Gangeshnagar is a village in Dhaniakhali sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,333 people in 791 households**, the 17th largest of 214 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.1%, below the sub-district's rural average of 75.7%.

- 3,333people (2011)
- 791households
- 70.1%literacy
- 972females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangeshnagar

Of every 100 households in Gangeshnagar in 2011, 51 had electricity, 45 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 12 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangeshnagar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**52%

Toilet within the home ****45%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****52%**

**48%

Tap water ****6%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****32%**

**26%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**10%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**84%

Use banking services ****39%**

**58%

Television ****28%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****12%**

**13%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****18%**

**18%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Gangeshnagar?

■ Gangeshnagar · ■ Dhaniakhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.1%**

**75.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****972**

**994

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****977**

**962

Working population ****42.0%**

**45.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 76.8% for men and 63.3% for women. 60% of men and 23% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 171 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 505 (36%) · **■** Other work 175 (12%) · **■** Marginal 550 (39%)

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 Dhaniakhali

- Rajipur3,659 people
- Palasi3,618 people
- Bishnupur3,361 people
- Chautara3,353 people
- Kumrul3,324 people
- Rameswarbati3,272 people
- Dashghara3,116 people
- Paschim Narayanpur3,081 people

[All 214 villages in Dhaniakhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/dhaniakhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangeshnagar?3,333 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangeshnagar in?Hugli district (Dhaniakhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangeshnagar?70.1% (Census 2011)