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

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Village · Sitalkuchi, Koch Bihar 

# Gangadhar

Gangadhar is a village in Sitalkuchi sub-district of Koch Bihar district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,701 people in 413 households**, the 36th largest of 67 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 66.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 70.3%.

- 1,701people (2011)
- 413households
- 66.2%literacy
- 920females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangadhar

Of every 100 households in Gangadhar in 2011, 14 had electricity, 65 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangadhar · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****14%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****65%**

**45%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**53%

Tap water ****34%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****84%**

**85%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****35%**

**33%

Television ****8%**

**10%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**31%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****21%**

**30%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gangadhar?

■ Gangadhar · ■ Sitalkuchi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****66.2%**

**70.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****920**

**966

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1056**

**964

Working population ****37.9%**

**39.5%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 60.7% for women. 55% of men and 19% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 402 (62%) · **■** Farm labourers 37 (6%) · **■** Other work 20 (3%) · **■** Marginal 185 (29%)

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

- Putia Bara Masia1,878 people
- Bara Maricha1,797 people
- Nagar Singimari1,759 people
- Bara Madhusudan1,757 people
- Amtala1,677 people
- Kurshamari Pratham Khanda1,636 people
- Chhota Bengdaki1,586 people
- Dhallarpar1,563 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangadhar?1,701 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangadhar in?Koch Bihar district (Sitalkuchi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangadhar?66.2% (Census 2011)