# Gar Village, Minakhan – Population, Literacy & Census 2011

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Gar

Gar is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,066 people in 228 households**, the 59th largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 84.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 1,066people (2011)
- 228households
- 84.5%literacy
- 928females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gar

Of every 100 households in Gar in 2011, 49 had electricity, 87 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 62 had a mobile phone, 6 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gar · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****49%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****87%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**14%

Tap water ****1%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****40%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****44%**

**29%

Television ****18%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****62%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****6%**

**4%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****11%**

**44%

Own their home ****100%**

**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 Gar?

■ Gar · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****84.5%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****928**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****652**

**961

Working population ****27.3%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.9% for men and 78.0% for women. 50% of men and 3% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 23 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 123 (42%) · **■** Other work 77 (26%) · **■** Marginal 68 (23%)

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 Minakhan

- Chak Ahammadpur1,162 people
- Baidyerati1,158 people
- Bhatka1,143 people
- Magri1,112 people
- Baligari1,025 people
- Ghipukuria814 people
- Jaykrishnapur739 people
- Shibpur677 people

[All 73 villages in Minakhan](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/north-twenty-four-parganas/minakhan/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gar?1,066 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gar in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gar?84.5% (Census 2011)