# Garkhelar Village, Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Nayagram, Paschim Medinipur 

# Garkhelar

Garkhelar is a village in Nayagram sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **1,262 people in 239 households**, the 16th largest of 294 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 57.9%, below the sub-district's rural average of 63.7%.

- 1,262people (2011)
- 239households
- 57.9%literacy
- 939females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Garkhelar

Of every 100 households in Garkhelar in 2011, 42 had electricity, 4 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 16 had a mobile phone, 10 a two-wheeler and 1 a car.

■ Garkhelar · ■ Nayagram rural average

Electricity for lighting ****42%**

**29%

Toilet within the home ****4%**

**11%

No toilet (open defecation) ****96%**

**88%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****17%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**96%

Use banking services ****3%**

**18%

Television ****3%**

**7%

Mobile phone ****16%**

**18%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****10%**

**5%

Car / jeep / van ****1%**

**0%

None of these assets ****7%**

**21%

Own their home ****98%**

**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 Garkhelar?

■ Garkhelar · ■ Nayagram rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****57.9%**

**63.7%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****939**

**988

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****812**

**963

Working population ****52.3%**

**49.3%

### Women and men

Literacy is 68.0% for men and 47.5% for women. 54% of men and 51% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 52 (8%) · **■** Farm labourers 184 (28%) · **■** Household industry 3 (0%) · **■** Other work 21 (3%) · **■** Marginal 400 (61%)

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 Nayagram

- Ramkrishnapur1,379 people
- Kurchi Bani1,323 people
- Bara Ningui1,319 people
- Ghora Taria1,286 people
- Baradhan Sola1,235 people
- Shital Pura1,174 people
- Jugisol1,123 people
- Nimai Nagar1,115 people

[All 336 villages in Nayagram](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/nayagram/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Garkhelar?1,262 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Garkhelar in?Paschim Medinipur district (Nayagram sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Garkhelar?57.9% (Census 2011)