# Gilapal Village, Habra - II – Population & Literacy

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Village · Habra - II, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gilapal

Gilapal is a village in Habra - II sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,329 people in 309 households**, the 50th largest of 76 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 76.2%, below the sub-district's rural average of 79.8%.

- 1,329people (2011)
- 309households
- 76.2%literacy
- 926females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gilapal

Of every 100 households in Gilapal in 2011, 51 had electricity, 89 a toilet at home and 1 cooked with LPG; 45 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gilapal · ■ Habra - II rural average

Electricity for lighting ****51%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****89%**

**81%

No toilet (open defecation) ****6%**

**16%

Tap water ****2%**

**8%

Drinking water within premises ****57%**

**38%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****1%**

**4%

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

**90%

Use banking services ****14%**

**47%

Television ****8%**

**20%

Mobile phone ****45%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**6%

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

**2%

None of these assets ****15%**

**20%

Own their home ****100%**

**96%

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 Gilapal?

■ Gilapal · ■ Habra - II rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****76.2%**

**79.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****926**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****851**

**962

Working population ****36.0%**

**36.7%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.2% for men and 71.9% for women. 61% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 105 (22%) · **■** Farm labourers 295 (62%) · **■** Other work 60 (13%) · **■** Marginal 19 (4%)

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 Habra - II

- Bhandargachha1,365 people
- Bujrug Bamonia1,353 people
- Depara1,331 people
- Naduria1,330 people
- Baulgachhi1,321 people
- Jangalpur1,318 people
- Rajbari1,253 people
- Keotsaha1,240 people

[All 76 villages in Habra - II](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/habra-ii/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gilapal?1,329 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gilapal in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Habra - II sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gilapal?76.2% (Census 2011)