# Guru Ganja Village, Debra, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Debra, Paschim Medinipur 

# Guru Ganja

Guru Ganja is a village in Debra sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **495 people in 119 households**, the 203rd largest of 460 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 74.4%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.8%.

- 495people (2011)
- 119households
- 74.4%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Guru Ganja

Of every 100 households in Guru Ganja in 2011, 48 had electricity, 58 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 58 had a mobile phone, 17 a two-wheeler and 2 a car.

■ Guru Ganja · ■ Debra rural average

Electricity for lighting ****48%**

**48%

Toilet within the home ****58%**

**63%

No toilet (open defecation) ****42%**

**34%

Tap water ****0%**

**7%

Drinking water within premises ****25%**

**20%

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

**3%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****94%**

**50%

Television ****32%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****58%**

**44%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****17%**

**10%

Car / jeep / van ****2%**

**1%

None of these assets ****12%**

**18%

Own their home ****92%**

**98%

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 Guru Ganja?

■ Guru Ganja · ■ Debra rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****74.4%**

**81.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****941**

**980

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1208**

**988

Working population ****62.8%**

**46.1%

### Women and men

Literacy is 80.1% for men and 68.2% for women. 65% of men and 61% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 179 (58%) · **■** Farm labourers 90 (29%) · **■** Household industry 2 (1%) · **■** Other work 24 (8%) · **■** Marginal 16 (5%)

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 Debra

- Ruiagerya498 people
- Chak Hiramani496 people
- Kuldiha496 people
- Shalkuti496 people
- Amadpur493 people
- Rampura491 people
- Khas Bar489 people
- Baicha485 people

[All 477 villages in Debra](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/debra/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Guru Ganja?495 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Guru Ganja in?Paschim Medinipur district (Debra sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Guru Ganja?74.4% (Census 2011)