# Gangra Village, Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Garbeta - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gangra

Gangra is a village in Garbeta - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **539 people in 102 households**, the 131st largest of 306 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 90.8%, above the sub-district's rural average of 71.8%.

- 539people (2011)
- 102households
- 90.8%literacy
- 885females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangra

Of every 100 households in Gangra in 2011, 95 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 12 cooked with LPG; 91 had a mobile phone, 20 a two-wheeler and 3 a car.

■ Gangra · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****95%**

**51%

Toilet within the home ****76%**

**30%

No toilet (open defecation) ****24%**

**69%

Tap water ****9%**

**33%

Drinking water within premises ****70%**

**20%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****12%**

**6%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****88%**

**87%

Use banking services ****96%**

**62%

Television ****54%**

**23%

Mobile phone ****91%**

**39%

Computer with internet ****2%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****20%**

**11%

Car / jeep / van ****3%**

**1%

None of these assets ****0%**

**15%

Own their home ****99%**

**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 Gangra?

■ Gangra · ■ Garbeta - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****90.8%**

**71.8%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****885**

**959

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1053**

**951

Working population ****37.8%**

**39.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 95.5% for men and 85.4% for women. 63% of men and 9% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 167 (82%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 1 (0%) · **■** Other work 2 (1%) · **■** Marginal 33 (16%)

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 Garbeta - I

- Phulbanipur567 people
- Jadabganja563 people
- Dhansol555 people
- Dhanyachhara543 people
- Habla538 people
- Bahadurganj534 people
- Moldanga528 people
- Renudi517 people

[All 369 villages in Garbeta - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/garbeta-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangra?539 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangra in?Paschim Medinipur district (Garbeta - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangra?90.8% (Census 2011)