# Gangadda Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Gangadda

Gangadda is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,801 people in 1,013 households**, the 12th largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 70.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 4,801people (2011)
- 1,013households
- 70.7%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangadda

Of every 100 households in Gangadda in 2011, 15 had electricity, 15 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 2 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangadda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****15%**

**25%

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

**16%

No toilet (open defecation) ****85%**

**83%

Tap water ****10%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**18%

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

**2%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**95%

Use banking services ****12%**

**20%

Television ****7%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****2%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****59%**

**39%

Own their home ****94%**

**95%

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 Gangadda?

■ Gangadda · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****70.7%**

**65.3%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****938**

**954

Working population ****34.4%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.4% for men and 70.1% for women. 53% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 205 (12%) · **■** Farm labourers 752 (46%) · **■** Household industry 32 (2%) · **■** Other work 246 (15%) · **■** Marginal 416 (25%)

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 Sagardighi

- Ramna Sekhdighi6,367 people
- Jugor6,080 people
- Charkabilpur5,438 people
- Sinheswari Gauripur4,921 people
- Bhunihat4,770 people
- Kismatgadi4,185 people
- Manigram4,162 people
- Karaia3,974 people

[All 197 villages in Sagardighi](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/murshidabad/sagardighi/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangadda?4,801 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangadda in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangadda?70.7% (Census 2011)