# Gajbanda Village, Amdanga – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Amdanga, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gajbanda

Gajbanda is a village in Amdanga sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,713 people in 363 households**, the 51st largest of 79 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.4%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 80.4%.

- 1,713people (2011)
- 363households
- 82.4%literacy
- 925females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gajbanda

Of every 100 households in Gajbanda in 2011, 51 had electricity, 48 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 34 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gajbanda · ■ Amdanga rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**55%

Toilet within the home ****48%**

**79%

No toilet (open defecation) ****48%**

**18%

Tap water ****25%**

**12%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**51%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**4%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****98%**

**91%

Use banking services ****58%**

**50%

Television ****8%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****34%**

**48%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

Own their home ****100%**

**97%

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 Gajbanda?

■ Gajbanda · ■ Amdanga rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.4%**

**80.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****925**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****902**

**969

Working population ****32.6%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.0% for men and 80.6% for women. 58% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 89 (16%) · **■** Farm labourers 82 (15%) · **■** Household industry 2 (0%) · **■** Other work 278 (50%) · **■** Marginal 107 (19%)

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 Amdanga

- Jirat1,941 people
- Mathura1,899 people
- Atghara1,791 people
- Shrirampur1,743 people
- Chankia1,658 people
- Kharu1,651 people
- Panchpota1,608 people
- Belu1,528 people

[All 80 villages in Amdanga](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/amdanga/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gajbanda?1,713 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gajbanda in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Amdanga sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gajbanda?82.4% (Census 2011)