# Gadapota Village, Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar (West Bengal)

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Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar 

# Gadapota

Gadapota is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,601 people in 569 households**, the 23rd largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 2,601people (2011)
- 569households
- 74.8%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gadapota

Of every 100 households in Gadapota in 2011, 8 had electricity, 54 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 24 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gadapota · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****8%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****54%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****45%**

**53%

Tap water ****1%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****92%**

**85%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****82%**

**96%

Use banking services ****11%**

**33%

Television ****5%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****24%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****29%**

**30%

Own their home ****99%**

**98%

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 Gadapota?

■ Gadapota · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.8%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****963**

**964

Working population ****43.9%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.9% for men and 66.0% for women. 53% of men and 34% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 649 (57%) · **■** Farm labourers 178 (16%) · **■** Household industry 8 (1%) · **■** Other work 19 (2%) · **■** Marginal 288 (25%)

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 Sitalkuchi

- Sonarchalun3,227 people
- Satimari3,223 people
- Maricha Gitaldaha2,993 people
- Rajar Bari2,698 people
- Jatamari2,548 people
- Khasbas Khalisamari2,424 people
- Chhota Dhaperchatra2,385 people
- Khengchi2,383 people

[All 70 villages in Sitalkuchi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/koch-bihar/sitalkuchi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gadapota?2,601 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gadapota in?Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gadapota?74.8% (Census 2011)