# Gangadhar Pur Village, Kharagpur - I – Population & Literacy

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Village · Kharagpur - I, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gangadhar Pur

Gangadhar Pur is a village in Kharagpur - I sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **237 people in 59 households**, the 173rd largest of 228 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 45.8%, below the sub-district's rural average of 74.2%.

- 237people (2011)
- 59households
- 45.8%literacy
- 1,008females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangadhar Pur

Of every 100 households in Gangadhar Pur in 2011, 81 had electricity, 3 a toilet at home and 2 cooked with LPG; 36 had a mobile phone, 7 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangadhar Pur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Electricity for lighting ****81%**

**58%

Toilet within the home ****3%**

**34%

No toilet (open defecation) ****97%**

**66%

Tap water ****0%**

**9%

Drinking water within premises ****10%**

**41%

Cooking with LPG / PNG ****2%**

**9%

Cooking with firewood / dung / crop residue ****96%**

**83%

Use banking services ****91%**

**46%

Television ****19%**

**28%

Mobile phone ****36%**

**40%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**1%

Two-wheeler ****7%**

**15%

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

**2%

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

**15%

Own their home ****100%**

**95%

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 Gangadhar Pur?

■ Gangadhar Pur · ■ Kharagpur - I rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****45.8%**

**74.2%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****1008**

**964

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****565**

**971

Working population ****28.7%**

**40.2%

### Women and men

Literacy is 53.7% for men and 38.7% for women. 51% of men and 7% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

********

**■** Cultivators 5 (7%) · **■** Farm labourers 9 (13%) · **■** Other work 6 (9%) · **■** Marginal 48 (71%)

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 Kharagpur - I

- Dihimahuli Urf Dimauli247 people
- Nachna246 people
- Tongagerya244 people
- Patharbar243 people
- Dewanmarabentchati234 people
- Salbani233 people
- Purbapratappur224 people
- Chitrapur222 people

[All 268 villages in Kharagpur - I](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/kharagpur-i/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangadhar Pur?237 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangadhar Pur in?Paschim Medinipur district (Kharagpur - I sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangadhar Pur?45.8% (Census 2011)