# Gangadebi Village, Chanchal - II, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Chanchal - II, Maldah 

# Gangadebi

Gangadebi is a village in Chanchal - II sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,568 people in 736 households**, the 19th largest of 90 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.4%.

- 3,568people (2011)
- 736households
- 71.9%literacy
- 962females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangadebi

Of every 100 households in Gangadebi in 2011, 28 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 23 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gangadebi · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****28%**

**25%

Toilet within the home ****15%**

**17%

No toilet (open defecation) ****77%**

**80%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**20%

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

**1%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**90%

Use banking services ****19%**

**16%

Television ****9%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****23%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****46%**

**46%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Gangadebi?

■ Gangadebi · ■ Chanchal - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**57.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****962**

**949

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1024**

**953

Working population ****29.0%**

**34.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 75.4% for men and 68.1% for women. 51% of men and 6% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 397 (38%) · **■** Farm labourers 438 (42%) · **■** Household industry 13 (1%) · **■** Other work 118 (11%) · **■** Marginal 67 (6%)

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 - II

- Gourhanda Aladipur3,734 people
- Ranghat3,729 people
- Ramkrishnapur3,680 people
- Meghdumra3,577 people
- Belungaon3,403 people
- Bidyanandapur3,196 people
- Janipur3,097 people
- Gorakhpur3,039 people

[All 92 villages in Chanchal - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/chanchal-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangadebi?3,568 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangadebi in?Maldah district (Chanchal - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangadebi?71.9% (Census 2011)