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

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Village · Minakhan, North Twenty Four Parganas 

# Garabad

Garabad is a village in Minakhan sub-district of North Twenty Four Parganas district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,958 people in 394 households**, the 42nd largest of 73 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 67.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 71.1%.

- 1,958people (2011)
- 394households
- 67.4%literacy
- 1,025females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garabad

Of every 100 households in Garabad in 2011, 29 had electricity, 67 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 27 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Garabad · ■ Minakhan rural average

Electricity for lighting ****29%**

**26%

Toilet within the home ****67%**

**80%

No toilet (open defecation) ****22%**

**14%

Tap water ****39%**

**10%

Drinking water within premises ****23%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**94%

Use banking services ****42%**

**29%

Television ****3%**

**9%

Mobile phone ****27%**

**29%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**4%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**1%

None of these assets ****26%**

**44%

Own their home ****77%**

**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 Garabad?

■ Garabad · ■ Minakhan rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****67.4%**

**71.1%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1025**

**956

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1187**

**961

Working population ****26.1%**

**34.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 71.3% for men and 63.4% for women. 48% of men and 5% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 27 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 62 (12%) · **■** Household industry 7 (1%) · **■** Other work 137 (27%) · **■** Marginal 279 (54%)

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

- Chutkia Radhanagar2,213 people
- Phulbari Abad2,206 people
- Madari2,149 people
- Behari2,116 people
- Jhikra1,846 people
- Bachhra1,701 people
- Dhuturdaha1,585 people
- Nimchi1,481 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 Garabad?1,958 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garabad in?North Twenty Four Parganas district (Minakhan sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garabad?67.4% (Census 2011)