# Gainpur Village, Bongaon – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gainpur

Gainpur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,096 people in 267 households**, the 121st largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 81.8%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,096people (2011)
- 267households
- 81.8%literacy
- 954females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gainpur

Of every 100 households in Gainpur in 2011, 35 had electricity, 61 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 50 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 10 a car.

■ Gainpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****35%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****61%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****33%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****47%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****0%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****99%**

**92%

Use banking services ****36%**

**38%

Television ****17%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****50%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****10%**

**3%

None of these assets ****20%**

**22%

Own their home ****94%**

**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 Gainpur?

■ Gainpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****81.8%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****954**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1127**

**962

Working population ****38.0%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 78.6% for women. 65% of men and 10% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 96 (23%) · **■** Farm labourers 142 (34%) · **■** Household industry 11 (3%) · **■** Other work 128 (31%) · **■** Marginal 39 (9%)

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 Bongaon

- Purbba Ramchandrapur1,149 people
- Ramshankarpur1,136 people
- Shialdanga1,130 people
- Bediapota1,127 people
- Chhatni1,092 people
- Petangi1,044 people
- Angarpukuria1,034 people
- Bikrampur1,024 people

[All 150 villages in Bongaon](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/bongaon/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gainpur?1,096 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gainpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gainpur?81.8% (Census 2011)