# Ghansigan Village, Manikchak, Maldah (West Bengal)

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Village · Manikchak, Maldah 

# Ghansigan

Ghansigan is a village in Manikchak sub-district of Maldah district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **105 people in 29 households**, the 71st largest of 72 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 55.3%, below the sub-district's rural average of 57.8%.

- 105people (2011)
- 29households
- 55.3%literacy
- 981females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ghansigan

Of every 100 households in Ghansigan in 2011, 23 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 64 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ghansigan · ■ Manikchak rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**23%

Toilet within the home ****0%**

**25%

No toilet (open defecation) ****100%**

**74%

Tap water ****0%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**49%

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

**2%

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

**85%

Use banking services ****48%**

**30%

Television ****0%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****64%**

**24%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**2%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**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 Ghansigan?

■ Ghansigan · ■ Manikchak rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****55.3%**

**57.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****981**

**933

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1200**

**950

Working population ****44.8%**

**36.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 62.5% for men and 47.8% for women. 55% of men and 35% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

****

**■** Farm labourers 29 (62%) · **■** Marginal 18 (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

- Bishnuprasad273 people
- Dharampur Bhagabanpur216 people
- Rambari201 people
- Duani Tafir165 people
- Anupnagar48 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ghansigan?105 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ghansigan in?Maldah district (Manikchak sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ghansigan?55.3% (Census 2011)