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

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Village · Gaighata, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gazna

Gazna is a village in Gaighata sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **3,238 people in 810 households**, the 28th largest of 100 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 87.0%, above the sub-district's rural average of 81.4%.

- 3,238people (2011)
- 810households
- 87.0%literacy
- 918females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gazna

Of every 100 households in Gazna in 2011, 53 had electricity, 97 a toilet at home and 4 cooked with LPG; 51 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gazna · ■ Gaighata rural average

Electricity for lighting ****53%**

**59%

Toilet within the home ****97%**

**95%

No toilet (open defecation) ****2%**

**3%

Tap water ****28%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****42%**

**46%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****4%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****95%**

**91%

Use banking services ****47%**

**47%

Television ****24%**

**31%

Mobile phone ****51%**

**49%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**6%

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

**3%

None of these assets ****19%**

**17%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gazna?

■ Gazna · ■ Gaighata rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****87.0%**

**81.4%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****918**

**945

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****857**

**965

Working population ****42.6%**

**37.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 91.6% for men and 81.9% for women. 64% of men and 20% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 254 (18%) · **■** Farm labourers 452 (33%) · **■** Household industry 64 (5%) · **■** Other work 475 (34%) · **■** Marginal 134 (10%)

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

- Deopuli3,583 people
- Barasehana3,495 people
- Jhaudanga3,476 people
- Dogachhia3,426 people
- Tentulbaria3,178 people
- Amkola3,175 people
- Shimulia3,169 people
- Baikara3,056 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 Gazna?3,238 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gazna in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Gaighata sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gazna?87.0% (Census 2011)