# Ghansahar Village, Gazole, Maldah (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Gazole, Maldah 

# Ghansahar

Ghansahar is a village in Gazole sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **315 people in 74 households**, the 238th largest of 286 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 62.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 62.1%.

- 315people (2011)
- 74households
- 62.4%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghansahar

Of every 100 households in Ghansahar in 2011, 0 had electricity, 5 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 12 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghansahar · ■ Gazole rural average

Electricity for lighting ****0%**

**21%

Toilet within the home ****5%**

**24%

No toilet (open defecation) ****78%**

**75%

Tap water ****1%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****8%**

**12%

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

**2%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****32%**

**33%

Television ****3%**

**11%

Mobile phone ****12%**

**35%

Computer with internet ****3%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**4%

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

**1%

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

**33%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ghansahar?

■ Ghansahar · ■ Gazole rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****62.4%**

**62.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1045**

**970

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****2273**

**979

Working population ****58.4%**

**42.8%

### Women and men

Literacy is 74.8% for men and 49.3% for women. 61% of men and 56% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 77 (42%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (1%) · **■** Other work 38 (21%) · **■** Marginal 68 (37%)

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 Gazole

- Raihopara322 people
- Jagadishpur321 people
- Goragada316 people
- Chalandar315 people
- Kharibari303 people
- Jadupur299 people
- Raypur296 people
- Baje Jharsabail294 people

[All 291 villages in Gazole](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/gazole/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghansahar?315 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghansahar in?Maldah district (Gazole sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghansahar?62.4% (Census 2011)