# Gaja Village, Haripal, Hugli (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Haripal, Hugli 

# Gaja

Gaja is a village in Haripal sub-district of Hugli district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,688 people in 395 households**, the 56th largest of 152 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.5%.

- 1,688people (2011)
- 395households
- 74.0%literacy
- 974females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gaja

Of every 100 households in Gaja in 2011, 92 had electricity, 44 a toilet at home and 15 cooked with LPG; 44 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gaja · ■ Haripal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****92%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****44%**

**58%

No toilet (open defecation) ****56%**

**39%

Tap water ****43%**

**19%

Drinking water within premises ****21%**

**28%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****15%**

**12%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****75%**

**80%

Use banking services ****86%**

**55%

Television ****42%**

**42%

Mobile phone ****44%**

**52%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**14%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****14%**

**14%

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 Gaja?

■ Gaja · ■ Haripal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**78.5%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****974**

**982

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****922**

**983

Working population ****41.1%**

**40.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 78.3% for men and 69.6% for women. 62% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 26 (4%) · **■** Farm labourers 154 (22%) · **■** Household industry 23 (3%) · **■** Other work 243 (35%) · **■** Marginal 247 (36%)

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 Haripal

- Dipa1,764 people
- Nalikul1,731 people
- Sipai Gachhi1,729 people
- Kanakpur1,697 people
- Biprapur1,680 people
- Dakshinkul1,680 people
- Radha Krisnapur1,637 people
- Chandi Nagar1,601 people

[All 153 villages in Haripal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/hugli/haripal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gaja?1,688 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gaja in?Hugli district (Haripal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gaja?74.0% (Census 2011)