# Garjala Village, Gaighata – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Garjala

Garjala is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,632 people in 434 households**, the 70th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 78.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 1,632people (2011)
- 434households
- 78.9%literacy
- 922females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garjala

Of every 100 households in Garjala in 2011, 60 had electricity, 96 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 5 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Garjala · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****60%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****96%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****3%**

**3%

Tap water ****8%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****71%**

**46%

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

**6%

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

**91%

Use banking services ****22%**

**47%

Television ****25%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****5%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**3%

None of these assets ****18%**

**17%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Garjala?

■ Garjala · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****78.9%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****922**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****881**

**965

Working population ****39.7%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.3% for men and 73.1% for women. 68% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 309 (48%) · **■** Farm labourers 289 (45%) · **■** Other work 47 (7%) · **■** Marginal 3 (0%)

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 Gaighata

- Gopal Baliadanga1,707 people
- Jadabpur1,688 people
- Mayna1,663 people
- Saruipur1,659 people
- Sergar1,618 people
- Bagoan1,522 people
- Diangamanik1,490 people
- Ramchandrapur1,425 people

[All 100 villages in Gaighata](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/gaighata/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garjala?1,632 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garjala in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garjala?78.9% (Census 2011)