# Gangcha Village, Chandrakona - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Chandrakona - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gangcha

Gangcha is a village in Chandrakona - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **761 people in 171 households**, the 69th largest of 126 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 83.9%, above the sub-district's rural average of 78.9%.

- 761people (2011)
- 171households
- 83.9%literacy
- 927females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangcha

Of every 100 households in Gangcha in 2011, 23 had electricity, 17 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 35 had a mobile phone, 9 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Gangcha · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****23%**

**53%

Toilet within the home ****17%**

**32%

No toilet (open defecation) ****83%**

**66%

Tap water ****1%**

**29%

Drinking water within premises ****18%**

**16%

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

**3%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****20%**

**32%

Television ****14%**

**21%

Mobile phone ****35%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****9%**

**8%

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

**1%

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

**20%

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 Gangcha?

■ Gangcha · ■ Chandrakona - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****83.9%**

**78.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****927**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****518**

**950

Working population ****50.3%**

**39.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.3% for men and 77.4% for women. 63% of men and 37% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 79 (21%) · **■** Farm labourers 107 (28%) · **■** Household industry 8 (2%) · **■** Other work 22 (6%) · **■** Marginal 167 (44%)

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 Chandrakona - I

- Nirbhaypur791 people
- Ekbalpur774 people
- Lorpur768 people
- Kochgerya Ramchak766 people
- Bamnia738 people
- Jamira703 people
- Doyan695 people
- Karanji682 people

[All 132 villages in Chandrakona - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/chandrakona-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangcha?761 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangcha in?Paschim Medinipur district (Chandrakona - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangcha?83.9% (Census 2011)