# Gangsara Village, Ranaghat - II, Nadia (West Bengal)

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Village · Ranaghat - II, Nadia 

# Gangsara

Gangsara is a village in Ranaghat - II sub-district of Nadia district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **4,270 people in 936 households**, the 19th largest of 108 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 75.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 78.4%.

- 4,270people (2011)
- 936households
- 75.9%literacy
- 970females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangsara

Of every 100 households in Gangsara in 2011, 57 had electricity, 79 a toilet at home and 10 cooked with LPG; 47 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gangsara · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****79%**

**83%

No toilet (open defecation) ****20%**

**15%

Tap water ****5%**

**4%

Drinking water within premises ****77%**

**80%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****10%**

**8%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****89%**

**88%

Use banking services ****54%**

**42%

Television ****32%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****47%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**2%

None of these assets ****22%**

**20%

Own their home ****98%**

**96%

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 Gangsara?

■ Gangsara · ■ Ranaghat - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****75.9%**

**78.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****970**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****973**

**956

Working population ****35.8%**

**34.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 81.8% for men and 69.9% for women. 59% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 366 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 577 (38%) · **■** Household industry 85 (6%) · **■** Other work 427 (28%) · **■** Marginal 75 (5%)

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 Ranaghat - II

- Sabdalpur4,737 people
- Sankarpur4,716 people
- Kamalpur4,587 people
- Kalupur4,365 people
- Korabari4,108 people
- Baranbaria4,040 people
- Chapra4,014 people
- Balia Danga3,930 people

[All 110 villages in Ranaghat - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/nadia/ranaghat-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangsara?4,270 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangsara in?Nadia district (Ranaghat - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangsara?75.9% (Census 2011)