# Gargaj Pota Village, Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Keshpur, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gargaj Pota

Gargaj Pota is a village in Keshpur sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,392 people in 260 households**, the 52nd largest of 570 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 82.5%, above the sub-district's rural average of 77.9%.

- 1,392people (2011)
- 260households
- 82.5%literacy
- 894females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gargaj Pota

Of every 100 households in Gargaj Pota in 2011, 31 had electricity, 76 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 21 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gargaj Pota · ■ Keshpur rural average

Electricity for lighting ****31%**

**69%

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

**42%

No toilet (open defecation) ****23%**

**56%

Tap water ****0%**

**21%

Drinking water within premises ****1%**

**10%

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

**2%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****57%**

**58%

Television ****7%**

**17%

Mobile phone ****21%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**1%

None of these assets ****24%**

**18%

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 Gargaj Pota?

■ Gargaj Pota · ■ Keshpur rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****82.5%**

**77.9%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****894**

**955

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****893**

**960

Working population ****32.7%**

**38.6%

### Women and men

Literacy is 90.0% for men and 74.0% for women. 51% of men and 12% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

**********

**■** Cultivators 110 (24%) · **■** Farm labourers 187 (41%) · **■** Household industry 10 (2%) · **■** Other work 19 (4%) · **■** Marginal 129 (28%)

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 Keshpur

- Akmura1,421 people
- Pipurda1,418 people
- Beldoba1,417 people
- Teghari1,393 people
- Paltagar1,383 people
- Kanchan Tala1,371 people
- Kuchiara1,371 people
- Kapta Bankati1,312 people

[All 634 villages in Keshpur](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/keshpur/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gargaj Pota?1,392 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gargaj Pota in?Paschim Medinipur district (Keshpur sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gargaj Pota?82.5% (Census 2011)