# Ganespur Village, Barrackpur - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Barrackpur - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ganespur

Ganespur is a village in Barrackpur - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,671 people in 421 households**, the 14th largest of 15 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 86.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 82.8%.

- 1,671people (2011)
- 421households
- 86.5%literacy
- 971females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganespur

Of every 100 households in Ganespur in 2011, 87 had electricity, 99 a toilet at home and 44 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 14 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Ganespur · ■ Barrackpur - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****87%**

**87%

Toilet within the home ****99%**

**96%

No toilet (open defecation) ****1%**

**3%

Tap water ****34%**

**22%

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

**61%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****44%**

**25%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****34%**

**55%

Use banking services ****66%**

**51%

Television ****73%**

**60%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**68%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**5%

Two-wheeler ****14%**

**14%

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

**5%

None of these assets ****2%**

**6%

Own their home ****86%**

**84%

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 Ganespur?

■ Ganespur · ■ Barrackpur - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****86.5%**

**82.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****971**

**943

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1250**

**964

Working population ****37.9%**

**34.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 82.0% for women. 61% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 4 (1%) · **■** Farm labourers 4 (1%) · **■** Household industry 23 (4%) · **■** Other work 470 (74%) · **■** Marginal 132 (21%)

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 Barrackpur - II

- Bara Kanthalia2,782 people
- Balagar Singerber2,760 people
- Nilganje2,662 people
- Bhatpara Noapara2,427 people
- Nabharanda784 people

[All 15 villages in Barrackpur - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/barrackpur-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Ganespur?1,671 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganespur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Barrackpur - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganespur?86.5% (Census 2011)