# Ganeshpur Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ganeshpur

Ganeshpur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,256 people in 297 households**, the 112th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.3%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 1,256people (2011)
- 297households
- 83.3%literacy
- 959females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganeshpur

Of every 100 households in Ganeshpur in 2011, 24 had electricity, 84 a toilet at home and 6 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Ganeshpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****24%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****84%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****16%**

**19%

Tap water ****0%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****43%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****6%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****92%**

**92%

Use banking services ****65%**

**38%

Television ****20%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****16%**

**22%

Own their home ****95%**

**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 Ganeshpur?

■ Ganeshpur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.3%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****959**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****955**

**962

Working population ****30.5%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.8% for men and 78.6% for women. 55% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 202 (53%) · **■** Farm labourers 83 (22%) · **■** Household industry 3 (1%) · **■** Other work 71 (19%) · **■** Marginal 24 (6%)

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

- Matihara1,291 people
- Byaspur1,290 people
- Rautara1,279 people
- Ballabhpur1,268 people
- Briddhapalla1,255 people
- Monaharpur1,222 people
- Chithalia1,198 people
- Taranipur1,177 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 Ganeshpur?1,256 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganeshpur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganeshpur?83.3% (Census 2011)