# Gayes Village, Hanskhali, Nadia (West Bengal) – Population

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Village · Hanskhali, Nadia 

# Gayes

Gayes is a village in Hanskhali sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,758 people in 420 households**, the 45th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.1%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 78.7%.

- 1,758people (2011)
- 420households
- 78.1%literacy
- 898females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gayes

Of every 100 households in Gayes in 2011, 32 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gayes · ■ Hanskhali rural average

Electricity for lighting ****32%**

**54%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****88%**

**75%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**94%

Use banking services ****48%**

**39%

Television ****18%**

**27%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****13%**

**20%

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 Gayes?

■ Gayes · ■ Hanskhali rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.1%**

**78.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****898**

**927

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1071**

**944

Working population ****34.8%**

**35.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 75.8% for women. 60% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 292 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 94 (15%) · **■** Household industry 21 (3%) · **■** Other work 143 (23%) · **■** Marginal 62 (10%)

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 Hanskhali

- Garuapota2,280 people
- Sanatanur2,257 people
- Chunari2,244 people
- Sibchandrpur1,883 people
- Hatisala1,674 people
- Dhakuria1,653 people
- Hatibandha1,611 people
- Bhabanipur1,590 people

[All 78 villages in Hanskhali](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/hanskhali/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gayes?1,758 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gayes in?Nadia district (Hanskhali sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gayes?78.1% (Census 2011)