# Gangaprasad Village, Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Ghatal, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gangaprasad

Gangaprasad is a village in Ghatal sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,382 people in 284 households**, the 60th largest of 139 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 71.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 81.1%.

- 1,382people (2011)
- 284households
- 71.9%literacy
- 941females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangaprasad

Of every 100 households in Gangaprasad in 2011, 25 had electricity, 43 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 25 had a mobile phone, 1 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangaprasad · ■ Ghatal rural average

Electricity for lighting ****25%**

**57%

Toilet within the home ****43%**

**50%

No toilet (open defecation) ****57%**

**49%

Tap water ****0%**

**11%

Drinking water within premises ****12%**

**13%

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

**4%

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

**93%

Use banking services ****8%**

**37%

Television ****8%**

**24%

Mobile phone ****25%**

**47%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****1%**

**7%

Car / jeep / van ****0%**

**1%

None of these assets ****44%**

**22%

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 Gangaprasad?

■ Gangaprasad · ■ Ghatal rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****71.9%**

**81.1%

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

**940

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****946**

**959

Working population ****39.0%**

**39.4%

### Women and men

Literacy is 84.8% for men and 58.2% for women. 63% of men and 13% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 155 (29%) · **■** Farm labourers 1 (0%) · **■** Household industry 27 (5%) · **■** Other work 7 (1%) · **■** Marginal 349 (65%)

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 Ghatal

- Kismatkotalpur1,551 people
- Chauka1,495 people
- Gobindapur1,420 people
- Kismaidirghalgram1,384 people
- Barnabin1,365 people
- Dontiara1,312 people
- Jamira1,312 people
- Gholshahi1,286 people

[All 145 villages in Ghatal](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/ghatal/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangaprasad?1,382 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangaprasad in?Paschim Medinipur district (Ghatal sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangaprasad?71.9% (Census 2011)