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

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Village · Bongaon, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gazipur

Gazipur is a village in Bongaon sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,515 people in 627 households**, the 57th largest of 149 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.7%, above the sub-district's rural average of 79.7%.

- 2,515people (2011)
- 627households
- 83.7%literacy
- 923females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gazipur

Of every 100 households in Gazipur in 2011, 3 had electricity, 69 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 38 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gazipur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Electricity for lighting ****3%**

**42%

Toilet within the home ****69%**

**78%

No toilet (open defecation) ****31%**

**19%

Tap water ****2%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****62%**

**56%

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

**5%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****100%**

**92%

Use banking services ****5%**

**38%

Television ****11%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****38%**

**45%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**5%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****23%**

**22%

Own their home ****92%**

**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 Gazipur?

■ Gazipur · ■ Bongaon rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.7%**

**79.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****923**

**939

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**962

Working population ****45.3%**

**36.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.9% for men and 79.0% for women. 65% of men and 24% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 372 (33%) · **■** Farm labourers 332 (29%) · **■** Household industry 15 (1%) · **■** Other work 168 (15%) · **■** Marginal 252 (22%)

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

- Nishchintapur2,617 people
- Mamudpur2,554 people
- Banglani2,546 people
- Hingli2,534 people
- Satbaria2,496 people
- Dakshin Bhabanipur2,485 people
- Khalitpur2,409 people
- Adityapur2,406 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 Gazipur?2,515 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gazipur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Bongaon sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gazipur?83.7% (Census 2011)