# Gagra Village, Chanchal - I, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Chanchal - I, Maldah 

# Gagra

Gagra is a village in Chanchal - I sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,337 people in 328 households**, the 57th largest of 98 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 68.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 64.7%.

- 1,337people (2011)
- 328households
- 68.9%literacy
- 880females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gagra

Of every 100 households in Gagra in 2011, 20 had electricity, 13 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 26 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gagra · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****20%**

**30%

Toilet within the home ****13%**

**27%

No toilet (open defecation) ****87%**

**72%

Tap water ****0%**

**6%

Drinking water within premises ****16%**

**27%

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

**5%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****12%**

**42%

Television ****5%**

**14%

Mobile phone ****26%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**34%

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 Gagra?

■ Gagra · ■ Chanchal - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****68.9%**

**64.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****880**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****908**

**944

Working population ****34.0%**

**38.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.2% for men and 66.2% for women. 62% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 137 (30%) · **■** Farm labourers 286 (63%) · **■** Other work 26 (6%) · **■** Marginal 5 (1%)

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 Chanchal - I

- Shaktihar1,410 people
- Kusmai1,384 people
- Tarapur1,376 people
- Pirozabad1,352 people
- Daibhata1,184 people
- Harian1,174 people
- Jot Chandi1,169 people
- Basilhat1,147 people

[All 100 villages in Chanchal - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gagra?1,337 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gagra in?Maldah district (Chanchal - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gagra?68.9% (Census 2011)