# Gan Pada Village, Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Dantan - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gan Pada

Gan Pada is a village in Dantan - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **870 people in 218 households**, the 77th largest of 181 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.0%, close to the sub-district's rural average of 73.6%.

- 870people (2011)
- 218households
- 74.0%literacy
- 977females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gan Pada

Of every 100 households in Gan Pada in 2011, 91 had electricity, 56 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 41 had a mobile phone, 8 a two-wheeler and 4 a car.

■ Gan Pada · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****91%**

**40%

Toilet within the home ****56%**

**40%

No toilet (open defecation) ****44%**

**59%

Tap water ****0%**

**2%

Drinking water within premises ****13%**

**39%

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

**1%

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

**97%

Use banking services ****96%**

**62%

Television ****18%**

**13%

Mobile phone ****41%**

**33%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****8%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****4%**

**1%

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

**22%

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 Gan Pada?

■ Gan Pada · ■ Dantan - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.0%**

**73.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****977**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1000**

**963

Working population ****40.2%**

**37.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 82.1% for men and 65.7% for women. 59% of men and 21% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 86 (25%) · **■** Farm labourers 135 (39%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 36 (10%) · **■** Marginal 92 (26%)

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 Dantan - I

- Malpara879 people
- Jhinuk Palasia878 people
- Talda876 people
- Alikasha873 people
- Punja870 people
- Birbhadrapur860 people
- Matiberua853 people
- Palasia849 people

[All 198 villages in Dantan - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/dantan-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gan Pada?870 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gan Pada in?Paschim Medinipur district (Dantan - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gan Pada?74.0% (Census 2011)