# Gangaprasad Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Gangaprasad

Gangaprasad is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,556 people in 383 households**, the 44th largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 77.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 1,556people (2011)
- 383households
- 77.5%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangaprasad

Of every 100 households in Gangaprasad in 2011, 52 had electricity, 40 a toilet at home and 3 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 3 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangaprasad · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****52%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****40%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****60%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****86%**

**49%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****3%**

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****97%**

**85%

Use banking services ****48%**

**30%

Television ****23%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****3%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****15%**

**51%

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 Gangaprasad?

■ Gangaprasad · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****77.5%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****878**

**950

Working population ****51.7%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 83.9% for men and 70.6% for women. 59% of men and 44% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 46 (6%) · **■** Farm labourers 156 (19%) · **■** Household industry 15 (2%) · **■** Other work 284 (35%) · **■** Marginal 304 (38%)

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 Manikchak

- Naoda Maheshpur2,235 people
- Haripur2,004 people
- Tiarpara1,822 people
- Anathpur1,732 people
- Kesarpur1,544 people
- Saidpur1,535 people
- Laskarpur1,532 people
- Kangsha Binodpur1,525 people

[All 89 villages in Manikchak](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/maldah/manikchak/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangaprasad?1,556 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangaprasad in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangaprasad?77.5% (Census 2011)