# Ganrapota Village, Bongaon – Population & Literacy

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Ganrapota

Ganrapota is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,538 people in 876 households**, the 34th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.2%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 3,538people (2011)
- 876households
- 87.2%literacy
- 979females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Ganrapota

Of every 100 households in Ganrapota in 2011, 57 had electricity, 86 a toilet at home and 20 cooked with LPG; 75 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Ganrapota · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****57%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****86%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****13%**

**19%

Tap water ****6%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**56%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****20%**

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****78%**

**92%

Use banking services ****34%**

**38%

Television ****48%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****75%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**3%

None of these assets ****9%**

**22%

Own their home ****96%**

**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 Ganrapota?

■ Ganrapota · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.2%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****979**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1036**

**962

Working population ****36.8%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.7% for men and 83.7% for women. 60% of men and 14% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 122 (9%) · **■** Farm labourers 232 (18%) · **■** Household industry 63 (5%) · **■** Other work 736 (57%) · **■** Marginal 149 (11%)

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

- Polta3,843 people
- Serpur3,740 people
- Chalki3,690 people
- Belta3,606 people
- Mollahati3,430 people
- Paschim Ramchandrapur3,350 people
- Ambikapur Mamudpur3,248 people
- Pashchim Huda3,194 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 Ganrapota?3,538 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Ganrapota in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Ganrapota?87.2% (Census 2011)