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

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gazipur

Gazipur is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **2,653 people in 642 households**, the 42nd largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.1%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 2,653people (2011)
- 642households
- 84.1%literacy
- 916females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gazipur

Of every 100 households in Gazipur in 2011, 71 had electricity, 94 a toilet at home and 5 cooked with LPG; 54 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Gazipur · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****71%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****94%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****5%**

**3%

Tap water ****2%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****91%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****5%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****94%**

**91%

Use banking services ****26%**

**47%

Television ****30%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****54%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****1%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**6%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**3%

None of these assets ****13%**

**17%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.1%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****916**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****873**

**965

Working population ****38.5%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 87.3% for men and 80.6% for women. 59% of men and 16% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 248 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 362 (35%) · **■** Household industry 60 (6%) · **■** Other work 227 (22%) · **■** Marginal 124 (12%)

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

- Ambaula2,794 people
- Bhaduria2,793 people
- Ganti2,775 people
- Tengra2,654 people
- Charuigachhi2,548 people
- Kahankia2,391 people
- Gadadharpur2,380 people
- Tili2,357 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 Gazipur?2,653 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gazipur in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gazipur?84.1% (Census 2011)