# Gangadas Chak Village, Pingla, Paschim Medinipur (West Bengal)

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Village · Pingla, Paschim Medinipur 

# Gangadas Chak

Gangadas Chak is a village in Pingla sub-district of Paschim Medinipur district, West Bengal. The 2011 Census counted **508 people in 113 households**, the 115th largest of 175 inhabited villages in the sub-district. Literacy was 91.6%, above the sub-district's rural average of 83.6%.

- 508people (2011)
- 113households
- 91.6%literacy
- 924females per 1,000 males

## Homes and amenities in Gangadas Chak

Of every 100 households in Gangadas Chak in 2011, 59 had electricity, 88 a toilet at home and 0 cooked with LPG; 17 had a mobile phone, 4 a two-wheeler and 0 a car.

■ Gangadas Chak · ■ Pingla rural average

Electricity for lighting ****59%**

**41%

Toilet within the home ****88%**

**66%

No toilet (open defecation) ****10%**

**32%

Tap water ****0%**

**5%

Drinking water within premises ****37%**

**20%

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

**1%

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

**95%

Use banking services ****68%**

**60%

Television ****13%**

**16%

Mobile phone ****17%**

**37%

Computer with internet ****0%**

**0%

Two-wheeler ****4%**

**7%

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

**0%

None of these assets ****13%**

**18%

Own their home ****97%**

**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 Gangadas Chak?

■ Gangadas Chak · ■ Pingla rural average

Literacy (age 7+) ****91.6%**

**83.6%

Sex ratio (F per 1,000 M) ****924**

**948

Child sex ratio (0–6) ****1120**

**942

Working population ****67.5%**

**51.0%

### Women and men

Literacy is 97.1% for men and 85.6% for women. 70% of men and 65% of women work.

### Who works, and at what

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**■** Cultivators 16 (5%) · **■** Farm labourers 17 (5%) · **■** Other work 35 (10%) · **■** Marginal 275 (80%)

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 Pingla

- Dhaneshwarpur Uttar Bar539 people
- Aknagere538 people
- Raut Chak534 people
- Mallarpur532 people
- Boalia485 people
- Mandal Bar483 people
- Bar Puri475 people
- Chitra Pur Patwa464 people

[All 182 villages in Pingla](https://wherepedia.org/india/west-bengal/paschim-medinipur/pingla/villages/)

## Quick answers

- What is the population of Gangadas Chak?508 (Census 2011)
- Which district is Gangadas Chak in?Paschim Medinipur district (Pingla sub-district), West Bengal
- What is the literacy rate of Gangadas Chak?91.6% (Census 2011)