Village · Ranaghat - I, Nadia
# Gilapol

Gilapol is a village in Ranaghat - I sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted 388 people in 102 households, the 45th largest of 55 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 92.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 74.8%.
- 388 people (2011)
- 102 households
- 92.1% literacy
- 822 females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gilapol

Of every 100 households in Gilapol in 2011, 43 had electricity, 82 a toilet at home and 22 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gilapol · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average
- Electricity for lighting 43% 60%
- Toilet within the home 82% 77%
- No toilet (open defecation) 18% 22%
- Tap water 2% 6%
- Drinking water within premises 75% 67%
- Cooking with LPG / PNG 22% 5%
- Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue 71% 90%
- Use banking services 19% 38%
- Television 35% 27%
- Mobile phone 34% 38%
- Computer with internet 0% 0%
- Two-wheeler 4% 4%
- Car / jeep / van 4% 1%
- None of these assets 13% 19%
- Own their home 98% 97%

Source: Census of India 2011, Houselisting and Housing Census – households by amenities and assets (HH-14).

## What is the population of Gilapol?

■ Gilapol · ■ Ranaghat - I rural average
- Literacy (age 7+) 92.1% 74.8%
- Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) 822 929
- Child sex ratio (0–6) 818 939
- Working population 38.7% 36.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.0% for men and 88.6% for women. 61% of men and 11% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

■ Cultivators 19 (13%) · ■ Farm labourers 2 (1%) · ■ Household industry 22 (15%) · ■ Other work 73 (49%) · ■ Marginal 34 (23%)

Source: Census of India 2011, Primary Census Abstract (town, village and ward level), all districts.

## Other villages of similar size in Ranaghat - I
- Gagrakhali 879 people
- Bagrail 700 people
- Aram Danga 643 people
- Jhau Mahal 471 people
- Sarkarpur 373 people
- Sat Sambhuganj 265 people
- Nakadi 260 people
- Sibpur 256 people

All 60 villages in Ranaghat - I

## Quick answers
- What is the population of Gilapol? 388 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gilapol in? Nadia district (Ranaghat - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gilapol? 92.1% (Census 2011)

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