# Garerpahar Village, Sagardighi, Murshidabad (West Bengal)

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Village · Sagardighi, Murshidabad 

# Garerpahar

Garerpahar is a village in Sagardighi sub-district of Murshidabad district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **180 people in 38 households**, the 162nd largest of 178 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 60.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 65.3%.

- 180people (2011)
- 38households
- 60.9%literacy
- 1,045females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garerpahar

Of every 100 households in Garerpahar in 2011, 13 had electricity, 0 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 18 had a mobile phone, 0 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Garerpahar · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Electricity for lighting ****13%**

**25%

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

**16%

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

**83%

Tap water ****0%**

**3%

Drinking water within premises ****0%**

**18%

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

**2%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****16%**

**20%

Television ****10%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****18%**

**25%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****0%**

**3%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****32%**

**39%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Garerpahar?

■ Garerpahar · ■ Sagardighi rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****60.9%**

**65.3%

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

**957

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1111**

**954

Working population ****38.3%**

**36.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 64.6% for men and 57.3% for women. 58% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 1 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 49 (71%) · **■** Other work 2 (3%) · **■** Marginal 17 (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

- Olahar198 people
- Kotla192 people
- Chandpur191 people
- Paranpur183 people
- Dakshin Kalikapur147 people
- Syampur147 people
- Dakshin Dangapara144 people
- Bhabki117 people

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

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garerpahar?180 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garerpahar in?Murshidabad district (Sagardighi sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garerpahar?60.9% (Census 2011)